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PHILIP    SCHAFF 


NEW  YORK 
1893 


BIOGRAPHICAL    NOTICE 

Philip  Schaff  was  born  yanuary  i,  1819,  at  Coire,  Swit- 
zerland. He  studied  in  the  Uiiiversities  of  Tubingen,  Halhy 
and  Berlin,  and  took  the  degree  of  Licentiate  of  Theology 
{B.D.),  at  Berlin,  May  29,  1841.  After  a  literary  journey 
to  Italy  he  retiir7icd  to  Berlin,  to  e^iter  upon  his  academic 
career.  He  acquired  the  venia  legendi  with  the  usjtal  formal- 
ities, November  16,  1842,  delivered  his  first  trial  lecture,  De- 
cember T^d  {on  "  The  Apostolic  Types  of  Doctrine''),  his  second 
trial  lecture,  in  Latin,  December  yth  {on  "  The  Idea  and  Aim 
of  Theology''),  and  began  his  regular  course  of  lectures,  De- 
cember 12th,  07ie  on  "  The  Catholic  Epistles,"  and  another  on 
"  The  History  of  Modern  German  Theology."  He  received 
the  honorary  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  from  the  University 
of  Berlin,  May  5,  1854,  from  the  University  of  St.  Andrews, 
171  Scotland,  April  20,  1887,  and  from  the  University  of  the 
City  of  New  York,  November  25,  1892  ;  also  the  degree  of 
LL.D.  from  Amherst  College,  Mass.,  1876. 

He  was  called  to  a  Professorship  in  the  Theological  Se77t- 
i7iary  at  Mercersburg,  Pa.,  i7i  1843,  ^^^^  spe7it  there  twe7ity 
years,  after  which  he  re77toved  to  New  York,  during  the  Civil 
War,  in  1863.     He  delivered  theological  lectures  i7i  the  Semi- 


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7iarics  at  Andover,  Hartford,  and  New  York,  and  acted  for 
several  years  as  Secretary  of  the  New  York  Sabbath  Commit- 
tee, as  Honorary  Corresponding  Secretary  of  the  Evangelical 
Alliance,  and  as  President  of  the  Am,erica7i  Bible  Revision 
Committee. 

Since  1869  he  has  been  in  the  perma^ient  service  of  the 
Unioji  Theological  Seminary  in  New  York,  Jiolding  succes- 
sively the  chairs  of  Propcsdeutic  and  Symbolic,  of  Biblical 
Literature  {first  Hebrew,  then  Greelc),  and  {since  1887)  of 
Church  History.  He  was  repeatedly  sent  on  embassies  to 
Europe  in  behalf  of  the  Bible  Revision  Committee,  the  Evan- 
gelical Alliance,  the  Pan-Presbyterian  Alliance,  and  as  dele- 
gate to  the  Fifth  Centennial  of  the  Heidelberg  University 
(1886),  and  the  Eighth  Centemtial  of  the  Bologna  University 
(1888). 

In  1892,  he  completed  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  his  aca- 
demic teaching,  and  received  many  congratulations  not  only 
from  friends  in  Ajnerica  and  Europe,  but  also  from  ecclesias- 
tical and  literary  institutions.  Some  of  these  have  a  public  as 
well  as  a  personal  i7iterest,  and  are  here  printed,  by  request, 
for  private  distribution  among  his  friends. 


CONTENTS 

Biograpbical  Notice, 

Congratulafoiy  Address  from  the  Theological  Faciillv 
of  the  University  of  Berlin, 
German,          .... 
Translation,    .... 
Reply, 


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II.  Action  of  tJje  Eastern  Synod  of  tJje  Reformed  Cburcb 

in  tJje  United  States, /^ 

Reply.    Personal  Reminiscences,     .        .        .29 

///.    Letter  from  the  Faculty  and  Board  of  Directors  of  the 

Union  TJjeological  Seminary  in  New  York,  .        .  p 

Reply  to  the  Board  of  Directors,        .        .        .  ;/ 

Reply  to  the  Faculty, ^q 

IK    Letter  from  the  Students  of  the  Union  Theological 

Seminary, 40 

Reply, 41 

V-    Congratulation  from  the  Tfjeological  Faculty  of  Yale 

University, 4^ 

Reply, 47 


VI 


/  ■/.    Congrai Illation  from  the  University  of  the  City  of  ''^^ 

New  Yorli, ^g 

Address  of  Cljancellor  MacCracken,  D.D.,     .  5/ 

Reply, 52 

1 11.  Action  of  the  American  Society  of  Church  History,    .  ^^ 


APPENDIX 

Chronological  List  of  Dr.  Schaff's  M^ritings : 

1.  German  IVritings,       . ^y 

2.  English  IVritings, 5^ 

3.  Edited  IVorks, 62 


EPISTOLA  CONGRATULATORIA  OF  THE  THE- 
OLOGICAL FACULTY  OF  THE  UNIVER- 
SITY OF  BERLIN 


Berlin  den  i6.  November,  1892. 

Hocbwiirdiger  Herri  Hochverehrter  Herr  College! 

Zu  dem  Tage,  an  welchem  Sie  vor  nun  iun^zv^ 
Jahren  die  venia  legend!  an  iinserer  Hochschule  erwor- 
ben  haben,  bringt  die  theologische  Facultat  der  l^>ied- 
rich-Wilhelms-Universitat  Ihncn,  hochverehrter  Herr 
College,  die  herzlichsten  Gliick-  und  Segenswiinsche 
dar. 

In  einer  Zeit,  da  die  kirchen-historischen  Studien, 
von  Neander  und  Baur  geleitet,  den  lebhaftesten  Auf- 
schwung  nahmen,  traten  Sie  in  die  Reihc  der  akade- 
mischen  Lehrer  unserer  Hochschule  ein.  Krbkam, 
Piper,  Kahnis  und  Jacobi  waren  Ihnen  unniittelbar 
vorhero^eefaniren.  Renter  folirte  nur  zwei  Monate  nach 

000'  o 

Ihnen;  sie  alle  dankbare  Schiiler  Neander's,  erfiillt  von 
dem  Geiste  Ihres  edlen  Lehrers  und  gewillt,  wie  er,  mit 
ihrer  Wissenschaft  der  Kirche  zu  dienen  und  die  Eigen- 
thlimlichkeiten  christlichen  Lebens  und  Denkens  liebe- 
voll  zu  erfassen  und  treu  wiederzugeben.  Aus  diescm 
Kreise  von  sechs  Docenten  der  Kirchengeschichte,  die 
ein  lahr  lanir  o-leichzeitiir  an  unserer  Facultat  gelehrt 
und  dann  an  verschiedenen  Hochschulen  gewirkt  ha- 
ben, sind  Sie  uns  noch  allein  erhalten,  nachdein  auch 


unser  theurcr  College  Piper  aus  seinem  reichen  Arbeits- 
felde  abberufen  worden  ist. 

Nur  wcnige  Semester  haben  Sie  hier  untcr  uns  ge- 
wirkt.  Bereits  im  Jahre  1844  verliessen  Sie  Berlin,  um 
zunachst  an  dem  deutschen  theologischen  Seminar  zu 
Mercersburg,  dann  an  dem  Union  Theological  Semi- 
nary zu  New  York  die  Statten  Ihrer  Wirksamkeit  und 
in  Nord-America  eine  neue  Heimath  zu  finden.  Was 
Sie  in  diesen  achtundvierzig  Jahren  den  evangelischen 
Kirchen  jenes  grossen  Landes  geleistet  haben  und  was 
Sie  ihnen  gewesen  sind,  ist  ein  unvergangliches  Stiick 
ihrer  Geschichte  geworden. 

Wie  einst  dreihundert  Jahre  vor  Ihnen  Martin  Bucer 
nach  England  hinlibergegangen  ist,  um  deutsche  the- 
olocrische  Erkenntniss  und  Wissenschaft  dorthin  zu  tra- 
gen,  so  haben  Sie  dieselbe  Wissenschaft  in  die  neue 
Welt  hiniibergepflanzt  und  sind  durch  unermiidliche, 
von  reichem  Segen  gekronte  Arbeit  der  theologische 
Vermittler  zwischen  Ost  und  West  geworden.  Wenn 
heute  die  ruhmvollen  kirchlichen  Schopfungen  in  den 
Neu-England  Staaten  auch  Pflegerinnen  der  theolog- 
ischen Wissenschaft  geworden  sind  und  die  alte  Welt 
ihnen  nicht  mehr  nur  giebt,  sondern  auch  von  ihnen 
cmpfangt,  so  vcrdanken  sic  das  vornchmlich  Ihrer  Wirk- 
samkeit. 

Eine    Rcihe    gehaltvoller    und    practisch-wichtiger 


Werke  der  deutschen  theologischcn  Wissenschaft  haben 
Sie  in  englischen  Ucbersctzungcn  in  Ihr  ncucs  \'atcr- 
land  eingefiihrt  und  so  diese  Wissenschaft  dort  schiitzcn 
gelehrt  und  cingebiirgert.  Aber  diese  Thiitigkeit  bildctc 
doch  nur  cinen  kleincn  Thcil  Ihrcr  grosscn  erspriess- 
lichen  Arbeit.  Sie  selbst  haben  theils  in  deutscher, 
theils  in  englischer  Sprache  die  Wissenschaft  gefordert 
und  namentlich  in  Ihren  drei  grossen  W^crken,  "  Gc- 
schichte  der  apostolischen  Kirche,"  "Geschichte  dcr 
christlichen  Kirche,"  "  Bibliotlieca  Symbolica  Eccleskc 
Universalis^'  sowie  in  zahlreichen  kirchenhistorischen 
Abhandlungen  die  Friichte  Ihrer  selbststandigen  Stu- 
dien  niedergelegt  Ihre  "  Kirchengeschichte"  vor  allcni 
ninimt  durch  die  Vollstandigkeit  ihrer  Ausfijhrungen 
und  die  Klarheit  ihrer  Darstellung  eine  ehrenvolle 
Stelle  in  der  Kirchengeschichtsschreibung  unsercr  Tage 
ein  und  ist  das  bedeutendste  Denkmal  der  universalcn 
Historik  aus  der  Schule  Neanders. 

Daneben  haben  sie,  darin  dem  grossen  Vermittlcr 
zvvischen  der  griechischen  und  der  lateinischen  Kirche 
im  Alterthum  gleichend,  dem  Texte  des  Neuen  Testa- 
ments— dem  Originaltexte  sowohl,  wie  der  enghschen 
Uebersetzung  —  stets  die  regste  Aufmerksamkeit  ge- 
schenkt.  Ihr  "  Companion  to  the  Greek  Testament  and 
the  English  Version  "  ist  ein  sehr  niitzHches  Ilandhuch 
geworden,  und  als  Prasident  des  Amerikanischen  Bibel- 


Revisions  -  Comitc's  haben  Sic,  mit  clem  Englischcn 
Comite  zusammenwirkend,  einen  hervorragenden  An- 
theil  an  der  oliicklichen  Vollenduni^  dieses  Q-rossen 
W^erkes  genommen. 

Aber  nicht,  wie  Hieronymus,  war  Ihr  Absehen  dar- 
aiif  gerichtet,  die  theologischen  Streitigkeiten  aus  dem 
einen  Lande  in  das  andere  hiniiber  zu  tragen  und  die 
Grenzen  der  Lehre  so  eng  wie  moglich  zu  ziehen,  son- 
dern  umoekehrt  haben  Sie  es  stets  fur  Ihre  Aufo^abe 
gehalten,  versohnend  zu  wirken,  die  verschiedenen 
Kirchenparteien  einander  anzunahern  und  das  d?Lyj^eveLv 
h  dydnvi  uberall  zu  befordern. 

Tauschen  die  Zeichen  der  Zeit  nicht,  so  ist  auch 
hier  Ihre  Arbeit  mit  besonderem  Seo^en  orekront  worden. 
I3ie  vershiedenen  evangelischen  Denominationen  in 
Ihrer  neuen  Heimath  sind  einander  wirklich  nahcr 
gekommen,  und  der  kirchliche  und  wissenschaftliche 
Wetteifer  dient  nicht  dem  Streite,  sondern  der  gegen- 
seiticren  Anerkennungf  und  Forderuno^. 

Vergessen  konnen  wir  endlich  auch  nicht,  was  Sie 
den  deutschen  evano^elischen  Gemeinden  in  Amerika 
durch  Ihre  Bemiihungen  um  Herstellung  eines  Gesang- 
buches  und  einer  Liturgie,  sowie  durch  zahlreiche  an- 
dere, unmittelbar  in  das  kirchliche  Leben  eingreifende 
Arbeiten  geleistet  haben. 

Von    Ihrer   crfolgreichen    akademischen   Thatigkeit 


als  Lehrcr  Icgcn  zahlreichc  Schiilcr,  die  zum  Thcil 
schon  als  Professoren  wirksam  sind,  beredtes  Zcu^niss 
ab  ;  abcr  wir  konnen  uns — und  zwar  in  steif^endcni 
Masse — auch  personlich  von  ihr  ijberzeugen ;  dcnn 
jahrlich  wachst  die  Zahl  Ihrcr  Schiller,  die  iiber  den 
Ocean  kommen,  um  bei  uns  ihre  Studien  fortzusetzen. 
Wir  diirfen  es  aussprechen,  dass  wir  die  amerikanischen 
Commilitonen  stets  mit  besonderer  Freude  empfano^en  ; 
denn  sie  bilden  unter  unseren  Zuhorern  eine  Gruppe, 
die  an  regem  Interesse  und  hingebendem  Flciss  von 
keiner  anderen  iibertroffen  wird. 

Gott  der  Herr  hat  es  Ihnen,  hochverehrter  Herr 
College,  vergonnt,  iiber  das  siebzigste  Jahr  hinaus  mit 
une^eschwachter  Kraft  arbeiten  und  wirken  zu  konnen. 
Noch  vor  wenigen  Jahren  haben  Sie  zwei  grosse  neue 
Unternehmungen  begonnen:  die  GriJndung  einer  Amer- 
ikanischen Gesellschaft  fiir  Kirchcngeschichte,  deren 
Prasident  Sie  geworden  sind  und  deren  Arbeiten  Sie 
leiten,  und  die  Herausgabe  einer  Bibliothek  der  Nicii- 
nischen  und  Nach  -  Nicanischen  Vater  in  englischer 
Uebersetzung. 

Dass  Ihnen  Gesundheit  und  Kraft  noch  lange  erh:d- 
ten  bleiben  moge,  um  all  das  zu  vollenden,  was  Sie 
unternommen  haben,  ist  unser  herzlichster  W'unsch. 
Indem  wir  Ihnen  diesen  Wunsch  heutc  darbringen, 
sprechen  wir  zugleich  den  Dank  dafiir  aus,  dass  Sie  die 


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alten  Bczichungcn,  die  Sie  mit  unserer  Facultat  verbin- 
den,  nic  vergessen,  vielmehr  stets  in  freundlichster 
Weise  gepfiegt  haben.  Seien  Sie  versichert,  dass  auch 
wir  in  herzlicher  Gesinnung  Ihrer  gedcnken  und  uns 
dcs  Lcbenswerkes  dankbar  freuen,  das  Gott  der  Herr 
Ihnen  bescheert  hat. 

In   vorzuglichster  Hochschatzung  und  Verehrung 

Eurer  Hochwiirden, 
Die  theologische  Facultat  der  Koniglichen  Fried- 
rich-Wilhelms-Universitat 

B.  Weiss, 

d.  z.  Deca?i. 

An  Seine  Hochwurden 

den  Professor  der  Kirchengeschichte 

Herrn  Dr.  theol.  Philipp  Schaff, 

New  York. 


(Translation.) 

Berlin,  November  i6,  1892. 

Most  IVorthy  Sir,  Most  Honored  Colleague : 

On  this,  the  anniversary  of  the  day  when  fifty  years 
ago  you  won  in  our  High  School  the  venia  Icgendi,  the 
Theological  Faculty  of  the  Frederick-William-Univcr- 
sity  would  present  to  you,  most  honored  colleague,  their 
heartiest  good  wishes  and  prayers. 

You  entered  upon  your  work  as  Academical  In- 
structor in  our  High  School  at  the  time  when  the  study 
of  Church  History,  under  the  lead  of  Neander  and  Baur, 
had  taken  on  a  marked  impetus.  Erbkam,  Piper,  Kahnis, 
and  Jacobi  were  among  your  immediate  predecessors ; 
Renter  followed  two  months  later ;  these,  with  yourself, 
all  grateful  pupils  of  Neander  and  filled  with  the  noble 
spirit  that  animated  him,  were  one  in  your  determina- 
tion to  seek  the  welfare  of  the  Church  by  mastering  with 
loving  zeal  the  distinctive  features  of  Christian  life  and 
thought  in  order  faithfully  to  impart  the  results  to  others. 

Of  this  circle  of  six  teachers  of  Church  History  who 
taught  together  for  one  year  in  our  Faculty  and  then 
passed  into  other  High  Schools,  you  alone  are  left  re- 
maining, now  that  our  dear  colleague  Piper  also  has 
been  called  away  from  his  fruitful  field  of  labor. 

You  remained  with  us  but  a  few  semesters.  In  1844 
you  left  Berlin  to  find  a  new  home  in  North  America, 


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where  at  first  in  the  German  Theological  Seminary  at 
Mercersburg,  then  afterward  in  Union  Theological  Sem- 
inary, New  York,  you  found  scope  for  your  activity. 

What  you  have  accomplished  in  these  forty-eight 
years  for  the  Evangelical  Churches  of  that  great  country, 
and  the  position  you  have  achieved  for  yourself,  is  an 
imperishable  part  of  your  life  story. 

Like  Martin  Bucer,  who  three  hundred  years  before 
you  had  crossed  over  to  England  to  carry  thither  the 
light  of  German  theological  science,  you  went  over  to 
the  New  World  to  sow  there  the  seeds  of  the  same  cult- 
ure, and  thus  became,  through  your  tireless  and  richly 
blessed  work  the  Theological  Mediator  betw^een  the 
East  and  the  W^est.  If  to-day  the  famous  theological 
seminaries  in  the  United  States  have  become  nurseries 
of  theological  science,  so  that  the  old  world  no  longer 
gives  to  them  alone,  but  receives  from  them  instruction 
in  turn,  this  is  owing  chiefly  to  your  activity. 

You  have  introduced  into  your  new  Fatherland  in 
English  translations  an  array  of  valuable  and  weighty 
works  of  German  theology,  thus  naturalizing  there  that 
science  and  causing  it  to  be  appreciated. 

This,  however,  forms  but  a  small  part  of  your  great 
and  fruitful  work.  You  have  advanced  the  science  of 
Theology  by  works  both  in  German  and  English,  par- 
ticularly by  your  great  works,  the  "  History  of  the  Apos- 
tolic Church,"  the  "  History  of  the  Christian  Church,"  and 
the  Biblioflieca  Symbolica  Ecclesicc  Universalis  ["  The 
Creeds  of  Christendom  "],  together  with  numerous  trea- 
tises on  subjects  pertaining  to  Church  History,  which 


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are  the  fruits  of  your  own  independent  studies.  Your 
"  Church  History  "  in  particular  has  taken  a  most  hon- 
orable rank  among  the  Church  Histories  of  the  dav, 
by  virtue  of  the  thoroug'hness  of  its  execution  and  the 
clearness  of  its  style.  It  is  the  most  notable  monument 
of  universal  historical  learning  produced  by  the  School 
of  Neander. 

In  addition  to  this,  and  thereby  resembling  the  great 
Mediator  between  the  Greek  and  the  Latin  Church  in 
the  past,  you  have  shown  the  most  lively  interest  in 
both  the  original  text  of  the  New  Testament  and  its 
translation  into  English.  Your  "  Companion  to  the 
Greek  Testament  and  the  English  Version  "  has  be- 
come a  very  useful  hand-book.  And  as  President  of 
the  American  Bible  Revision  Committee  in  co-operation 
with  the  English  Committee,  you  ha\e  played  a  most 
prominent  part  in  bringing  that  great  work  to  a  happy 
conclusion. 

But,  unlike  Jerome,  your  aim  was  not  to  introduce 
into  one  country  the  theological  conflicts  of  another,  nor 
to  draw  party  lines  of  doctrine  as  strictly  as  possible, 
but,  on  the  contrary,  you  have  ever  made  it  your  task 
to  promote  reconciliation,  to  draw  together  the  various 
parties  in  the  Church,  and  everywhere  to  bring  about 
"the  speaking  of  the  truth  in  love." 

If  the  sicfns  of  the  times  do  not  deceive  us,  vour 
work  in  this  regard  also  has  been  crowned  with  special 
blessing.  The  various  Evangelical  denominations  of 
your  new  home  are  indeed  drawing  nearer  to  one  an- 
other, and  their  ecclesiastical  and  scholarly  emulation 


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no  longer  minister  to  strife,  but  to  mutual  recognition 
and  co-operation. 

Lastly,  we  may  not  forget  what  your  efforts  on  be- 
half of  the  German  Evangelical  congregations  in  Amer- 
ica have  accomplished  in  the  production  of  a  Hymn 
Book,  and  of  a  Liturgy,  not  to  mention  a  number  of 
other  works  having  an  immediate  bearing  on  Church  life. 

The  fruitfulness  of  your  academical  activity  is  borne 
eloquent  witness  to  by  many  pupils,  some  of  whom  are 
already  themselves  professors.  In  this  connection  we 
can  ourselves,  and  with  ever-increasing  emphasis,  bring 
testimony  ;  for  every  year  adds  to  the  number  of  pupils 
who  come  from  you  across  the  ocean  to  continue  with 
us  their  studies.  We  desire  here  to  give  expression  to 
the  special  pleasure  with  which  we  welcome  American 
students  to  our  University  life;  for  they  are  distinguished 
above  all  others  by  the  depth  of  their  interest  and  the 
ardor  of  their  diligence. 

The  Lord  Almighty  has  vouchsafed  to  you,  most 
honored  colleague,  to  pass  the  threshold  of  your  seven- 
tieth year  with  activity  and  strength  undiminished. 
Within  the  past  few  years  you  have  begun  two  great 
undertakings,  the  founding  of  an  American  Society 
of  Church  History,  whose  President  you  have  become 
and  in  the  forefront  of  whose  work  you  stand,  and  the 
editing  an  English  translation  of  a  Nicene  and  Post- 
Nicene  Library  of  the  Fathers. 

That  your  health  and  strength  may  long  abide  un- 
impaired in  order  that  you  may  bring  to  a  successful  is- 
sue all  you  have  undertaken,  is  our  most  heartfelt  wish. 


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In  communicating  to  you  to-day  these,  our  good 
wishes,  we  would  at  the  same  time  express  our  grati- 
tude that  you  have  not  only  never  forgotten  the  old 
ties  that  bind  you  to  our  Faculty,  but  that  you  have 
ever  cherished  them  most  lovingly. 

Be  assured  that  we,  on  our  part,  bear  you  in  mu.^t 
affectionate  remembrance,  and  ever  rejoice  most  thank- 
fully in  all  that  God  the  Lord  has  bestowed  upon  you. 
With  feelings  of  the  highest  regard  and  honor  for 

your  worthiness, 
The  Faculty  of  the  Royal  Frederick-William-l'ni- 
versity, 


B.  Weiss, 

Diixii. 


To  the  Most  Worthy, 

The  Professor  of  Church  History, 

Dr.  Philip  Schaff, 

New  York. 


DR.    SCHAFFS   REPLY 

New  York,  December  24,   1892. 

Hoclywiirdige  Herreii  !  Hochverehrte  Herren  Collegen  ! 

Hire  Epistola  congratulatoj'ia  zu  meinem  fiinfzigjahrigen  Jubilaeum, 
datirt  vom  sechszehnten  November,  kam  in  meine  Hiinde  am  zvvolften 
December, — dem  Tage,  an  welchem  ich  vor  einem  halbcn  Jahrhundert 
meinen  regelmassigen  Cursus  akademischer  Vorlesungcn  in  Berlin 
began n. 

Ich  konntc  mir  kein  edleres  und  ehrenvolleres  Zeugniss  meiner 
bescheidenen  Leistungcn  wiinschen.  Die  Theologische  Facultat  von 
Berlin  hat  seit  den  Tagen  Schleiermacher's  und  Neander's  die  fort- 
schreitenden  Bewegungen  der  Protestantischen  Theologie  geleitet,  und 
A\ird  fortwahrend  von  der  Metropole  Deutschlands  einen  bestim- 
mendcn  Einfluss  auf  die  kommenden  Geschlechter  der  Theologen  in 
der  alten  und  neuen  Welt  ausiiben. 

Ihr  Brief  erinnert  mich  an  den  gliicklichen  Friihling  meines  Lebens, 
als  ich  mit  ciner  Anzahl  gleichgesinnter  Freunde  und  kunftiger  His- 
toriker  zu  den  Fussen  von  Neander,  Twesten,  Marheineke,  Hengsten- 
berg,  Ritter  und  Ranke  sass,  welche  damals  auf  der  Hohe  ihren  Wirk- 
samkeit  standen.  Ich  erhielt  meine  ersten  theologischen  Eindrucke 
von  meinen  verehrten  Lehrern  Schmid,  Baur  und  Dorner  in  Tubingen. 
Dr.  Baur  imponirte  mir  gewaltig  durch  seine  philosophische  und  krit- 
ische  Meisterschaft  iiber  den  Gedankenprocess  des  Apostolischen  und 
Nach-Apostolischen  Zeitalters  und  gab  mir  zuerst  eine  klare  Idee  von 
der  fortschreitenden  Entvvicklung  in  der  Geschichte  ;  aber  die  negativen 
Resultate  seiner  Untersuchungen  iiber  die  Evangelien  und  Paulinischen 
Briefe  haben  mich  abgestossen.  Dr.  Neander,  der  christliche  Israelite 
ohne  Falsch,  der  durch  jNIoses  und  Plato  zum  INIessias  gcfuhrt  uurde, 
fesselte  mich  durch  seine  originelle  Personlichkeit,  seine  kindliche  Ein- 
falt,  seine  evangelische  Katholicitat  und  seine  tiefe  Einsicht  in  die  reli- 
gosen  und  sittlichen  Miichte  der  Geschichte.  Er  schricb  in  mein  Al- 
bum das  Paulinische  Motto  :  '■'■Thcologia  crucis,  Jion  gloruc.''' 


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Die  Vereinigten  Staaten  sind  mir  eine  neuc  Heimath  gewordcn 
ohne  niich  von  der  altcn  zu  cntfrcniden  ;  ubcr  die  neuc  Lagc  und  L'm- 
gebungen  haben  nicincn  thcoiogischcn  Standpunkt  modificirt  und 
meine  Laufbahn  bcstinimt.  Deutsche  Gelehrsamkeit  und  deutsche 
Ideen  konnen  nicht  effectiv  auf  Amerikanischen  Boden  vcrpflanzt 
werden  ohne  freie  Reproduction  in  cnglischer  Sprache  und  praktische 
Application  an  die  Bediirfnisse  einer  freien  Kirche  in  cincm  freien 
Staate.  Wenn  ich  in  irgend  einem  Masse  den  Beruf  eines  internatio- 
nalen  und  interconfessionellen  Vermittlers,  welchen  Sie  in  Ueberein- 
stimmung  init  Amerikanischen  Freunden  mir  zuschrcibcn,  erfCillt  habc, 
so  ist  dies  nicht  mein  personlishes  Verdienst,  sondern  die  Folgc  der 
eigenthiimlichen  Umstiinde  und  Verhiiltnisse,  in  wclche  die  \'orsehung 
mich  gestellt  hat. 

Das  ehrenvolle  Zeugniss,  welches  Sic  unsern  Amerikanischen  Stu- 
denten  in  Berlin  austellen,  bestatigt  was  ich  mehrmals  miindlich  von 
Ihnen  gehort  habe,  und  ist  mir  und  mcinen  Collegen  besonders  erfreu- 
lich.  Seit  der  Griindung  von  "  Prize-Fellowships  "  a.  1877  (zwci  Rei- 
sestipendien,  welche  ich  nach  dem  Vorbild  der  Repetentenstiftung  in 
Tubingen  anregte),  haben  wir  jahrlich  einen  oder  zwei  unserer  besten 
'Alumnen  fiir  zwei  Jahre  auf  deutsche  Universtitaten  und  besonders 
nach  Berlin  gesandt,  um  dort  ihre  Studicn  zu  vollenden.  Es  wird  Sie 
freuen  zu  erfahren,  dass  dieselben  bald  nach  ihrer  Riickkehr  an  einfluss- 
reiche  Stellen  in  theologischen  und  wissenschaftlichen  Anstalten  des 
Landes  berufen  worden  sind.  Ich  erlaube  mir,  ein  Verzeichniss  dersel- 
ben  mit  Angabe  ihrer  gegenwartigen  Stellung  beizufiigen.  Dies  ist  der 
beste  Beweis  der  Werthschiitzung  deutschcr  Cielersamhkcit  in  Amerika. 

Wir  werden  fortfahren,  ihnen  unsere  hoffnungsvollsten  Candidaten 
zuzusenden,  um  auf  diese  Weise  einen  lebendigen  Verkehr  zwischen 
Europa  und  Amerika  zu  gegenseitigem  Vortheil  aufrecht  zu  halten  und 
das  Band  der  Gemeinschaft  in  der  Pflege  christlicher  Wahrheit  und 
christlichen  Lebens  immer  fester  zu  kniipfen. 

Indem  ich  Ihnen  alien  viele  neue  Jahre  gcsegneter  Wirksamkcit 
wiinsche,  verbleibe  ich, 

Hochachtungsvoll  und  dankbar, 

Ihr  Freund  und  Bruder  in  Christo, 

Piiii.ii'i"  SciiAFr. 

An  die  Iloclnvurdigc  Tlieologischc  Faculiiit  der  Univcrsiliil  zu  Ikilin. 


DR.   SCHAFPS   REPLY 

(Translated.) 

New  York,  December  24,  1892. 

Most  worthy  Sirs  ;  Highly-esteemed  Colleagues  : 

Your  semi-centennial  Epistola  congratulatoria  of  November  16th 
reached  mc  on  the  12th  of  December, — the  very  day  when,  fifty  years 
ago,  I  began  my  regular  course  of  academic  lectures  in  Berlin. 

I  could  not  wish  a  nobler  and  more  honorable  testimonial  to  my 
liumble  labors.  The  Theological  Faculty  of  Berlin,  from  the  days  of 
Schleiermacher  and  Neander,  has  directed  the  progressive  movements 
of  Protestant  Theology,  and  will  continue  to  exercise  a  controlling 
influence  from  the  metropolis  of  Germany  upon  the  rising  generation 
of  divines  in  the  old  and  the  new  world. 

Your  letter  carries  me  back  to  the  happy  spring-time  of  my  life, 
when  with  a  number  of  like-minded  friends  and  future  historians  I  sat 
at  the  feet  of  Neander,  Twesten,  Marheineke,  Hengstenberg,  Ritter, 
and  Ranke,  who  were  then  at  the  height  of  their  influence.  I  re- 
ceived the  first  theological  impulse  at  Tubingen  from  my  revered  teach- 
ers, Schmid,  Baur,  and  Dorner.  Dr.  Baur  made  a  profound  impression 
upon  me  by  his  philosophical  and  critical  grasp  of  the  intellectual  pro- 
cesses of  Apostolic  and  post- Apostolic  Christianity,  and  first  gave  me  a 
clear  conception  of  a  progressive  development  in  histoiy ;  but  the  neg- 
ative results  of  his  researches  of  the  Gospels  and  the  Pauline  Epistles 
repelled  me.  Dr.  Neander — that  Christian  Israelite  without  guile,  who 
was  led  by  INIoses  and  Plato  to  Jesus  the  Messiah — attracted  me  still 
more  by  his  original  personality,  his  childlike  simplicity,  his  evangelical 
catholicity,  and  his  deep  spiritual  insight  into  the  religious  and  moral 
forces  of  history.  He  wrote  in  my  album  the  Pauline  motto :  "  TJu- 
ologia  cruets,  non  gloricuT 

My  removal  to  the  United  States  gave  me  a  new  home  without 
alienating  my  affections  from   Europe.     But  the  new  situation  and  sur- 


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roundings  modified  my  views  and  directed  my  course.  German  learn- 
ing and  thought  cannot  be  effectively  transplanted  to  American  soil 
unless  they  arc  freely  reproduced  in  the  English  language  and  practi- 
cally adapted  to  the  wants  of  a  free  Church  in  a  free  State.  If  I  have 
in  any  measure  succeeded  in  the  mission  of  an  international  and  inter- 
denominational mediator,  which  in  common  with  American  friends  you 
kindly  assign  to  me,  it  is  due  not  to  personal  merit,  but  to  the  peculiar 
circumstances  and  relations  into  which  Providence  has  placed  me. 

The  high  testimony  which  you  bear  to  the  Alumni  of  the  Union 
Seminary  and  other  American  students  in  Berlin,  confirms  what  I  have 
heard  more  than  once  from  your  lips,  and  is  especially  gratifying  to 
me  and  my  colleagues.  Ever  since  the  establishment  of  two  "  Prize 
Fellowships,"  in  1877  (which  I  suggested  after  the  example  of  the  Ri- 
pctcntcnstiftung  in  Tubingen),  the  Union  Seminary  has  sent  annually 
one  or  two  of  our  best  graduates,  for  two  years,  to  German  L^niversities, 
and  particularly  to  Berlin,  to  finish  their  studies.  It  will  be  gratifying 
to  you  to  learn  that  soon  after  their  return  they  were  called  to  positions 
of  influence  in  various  literary  and  theological  institutions  of  the  coun- 
try, and  I  take  the  liberty  of  adding  a  list  of  them.  Their  success  is  the 
best  evidence  of  the  appreciation  of  German  learning  in  America. 

We  shall  continue  to  send  you  our  most  promising  Alumni,  that  in 
this  way  a  living  contract  between  Europe  and  America  may  be  kept 
up  for  their  mutual  benefit,  in  the  common  pursuit  of  Christian  truth 
and  Christian  life. 

Wishing  you  all  many  happy  New- Years  of  health  and  usefulness, 
I  remain, 

Thankfully,  your  friend  and  brother  in  Christ, 

Philip  Scii.vff. 

To  THE  VERY  REVEREND  THEOLOGICAL  FACULTY 

OF  THE  University  of  Berlin. 


LIST  OF  ALUMNI  AND  PRIZE  FELLOWS  OF  THE  UNION 
THEOLOCilCAL  SEMINARY,  IN  NEW  YORK,  WHO  FINISHED 
THEIR    STUDIES    IN    BERLIN 

1877.  Francis  Brown,  Ph.D.,  D.D. 

Davenport    Professor  of   Hebrew   and    the  Cognate    Languages,  Union 
Theological  Seminary,  New  York  City. 

1878.  Samuel  Franklin  Emerson,  Ph.D. 

Professor  of  History,  University  of  Ycrmont,  Burlington,  Vt. 

1879.  Edward  Lewis  Curtis,  Ph.D.,  D.D. 

Holmes  Professor  of  the  Hebrew  Language  and  Literature,  Yale  Uni- 
versity, New  Haven,  Conn. 

1880.  Charles  Ripley  Gillett,  A.M. 

Librarian  in  Union  Theological  Seminary,  New  York  City. 

18S1.    Frank  Edward  Woodruff,  A.M. 

Professor  of  the  Greek  Language  and  Literature,  and  Collins  Professor 
of  Natural  and  Revealed  Religion,  Bowdoin  College,  Brunswick,  Me. 

1882.  Harry  Norman  Gardiner,  A.M. 

Professor  of  Philosophy,  Smith  College,  Northampton,  Mass. 

1883.  George  Holley  Gilbert,  Ph.D. 

Iowa  Professor  of  New  Testament  Literature  and  Interpretation,  Chi- 
cago Theological  Seminary,  Chicago. 

1S84.    Edward  Caldwell  Moore,  A.M. 

Pastor  of  the  Central  Congregational  Church,  Providence,  R.  1. 

Edwin  Knox  Mitchell,  A.M. 

Professor  of  Grasco-Ronian  and  Eastern  Church  History,  Hartford  The- 
ological Seminary,  Hartford,  Conn. 

1885.  Oliver  Joseph  Thatcher,  A.M. 

Professor  of  History,  University  of  Chicago,  Chicago,  111. 

Arthur  C,  McGiffert,  Ph.D. 

Professor  of  Church  History,  Lane  Theological  Seminary,  Cincinnati,  O. 

1886.  Robert  Ferguson,  A.M. 

Instructor  in  Modern  Languages,  Lehigh  University,  South  Bethlehem, 
Penn. 

1887.  Howard  S.  Bliss,  A.M. 

Assistant  Pastor,  Plymouth  Congregational  Church,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

1888.  Hervey  D.  Griswold,  A.m. 

Foreign  Missionary  under  the  Presbyterian  Board,  at  Jhansi,  India. 

1889.  Owen  H.  Gatfs,  Ph.D. 

Professor  of  Hebrew  and  Cognate  Languages,  Oberlin  Theological  Sem- 
inary, Oberlin,  O. 

1890.  William  Adams  Brown,  A.M. 

Instructor  in  Church  History,  Union  Theological  Seminary,  New  York 
City. 


ACTION  OF  THE  EASTERN  SYNOD  OF  THE 
REFORMED  CHURCH  IN  THE  UNITED 
STATES 


At  the  late  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Eastern  Synod  of  the  Re- 
formed Church  in  the  United  States  convened  October  19-24,  1892, 
in  St.  Paul's  Reformed  Church,  Lancaster,  Fa.,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Philip 
Schaff  appeared  on  the  floor  of  the  Synod,  on  Monday,  during  the 
morning  session.  His  presence  was  announced  by  the  President  of  the 
Synod,  and  the  venerable  Doctor  was  received  with  a  hearty  welcome 
by  the  members  of  the  Synod  rising. 

A  Committee  was  appointed,  consisting  of  Drs.  Thomas  G.  Apple, 
E.  V.  Gerhart,  and  Elder  W.  W.  Moore,  to  draw  up  a  suitable  letter  in 
honor  of  Dr.  Schaff,  who,  this  year,  is  celebrating  the  semi-centennial 
of  his  professional  life. 

At  the  afternoon  session  the  Committee  appointed  to  frame  this 
synodical  letter,  reported  the  following,  which  was  unanimously 
adopted  : 


Welcome  and  Greeting  to  the  Rev.  Prof.  Philip  Schaff, 
D.D.,  LLD. 

Resolved,  That  this  Synod  hereby  extends  its  cor- 
dial welcome  and  warm  greeting  to  Dr.  Schaff,  the  cele- 
brated Church  historian,  who  is  now  present  with  us. 

Dr.  Schaff  needs  no  introduction  to  this  body.  For 
nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century  he  occupied  the  chair  of 
Church  History  in  the  Theological  Seminary  under 
the  care  of  this  Synod,  and  along  with  Rauch  and  Nevin 
contributed  so  much  in  developing  the  life  and  genius 
of  our  Reformed  Church.  Although  for  years  he  has 
been  partially  separated  from  us,  yet  we  have  followed 
with  deep  interest  and  laudable  pride  his  career  in  the 
great  w^ork  he  has  accomplished  by  his  distinguished 
talents  and  arduous  labors  for  the  entire  Christian 
Church,  both  in  Europe  and  America,  until  he  stands, 
to-day,  in  the  front  of  Church  historians  since  the  days 
of  the  great  Neander,  with  whom  in  his  early  life  he  was 
associated  as  Professor. 

A  great  portion  of  the  best  years  of  his  life  was 
spent  in  our  communion,  as  Professor  in  our  Seminary, 
and  therefore  we  welcome  and  greet  him  as  a  dear  friend 
and  brother. 

Especially  do  we  desire  to  join  with  his  friends  in 
Europe  and  America  in  giving  him  this  testimonial  of 
our  regard  and  love,  in  view  of  the  semi-centennial  ot 


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his  labors  in  the  capacity  of  Professor  of  Church  His- 
tory, which  occurs  in  this  month/*'  of  the  present  year. 

\Vc  rejoice  that  his  Hfe  has  been  spared  to  bring-  so 
near  to  completion  his  great  work  on  Church  History. 
Even  while  absent  from  us,  through  his  works,  especially 
in  Church  History,  he  has  continued  to  be  a  teacher  in 
our  Seminary,  and  his  name  will  go  down,  with  those 
already  named,  to  succeeding  ages,  as  an  honor  and  an 
ornament  to  our  institutions. 

We  extend  to  him  and  his  family  our  deep  sympa- 
thy in  his  recent  illness.  We  rejoice  in  his  partial  re- 
covery, and  pray  that  his  health  may  be  fully  restored 
and  his  days  be  lengthened,  to  fully  complete  the  great 
work  of  his  life ;  and  we  invoke  the  richest  benediction 
of  our  Heavenly  Father  upon  the  evening  of  his  days, 
until  the  call  comes  to  him  to  join  the  great  congrega- 
tion in  the  Church  triumphant  above. 

Resolved,  That  a  copy  of  this  action  be  communi- 
cated to  Dr.  Schaff,  and  that  it  be  published  in  the  peri- 
odicals of  our  Church. 

President  of  the  Synod, 

Rev.  S.  G.  Wagner,  D.D., 

Allentown,  Pa. 
Stated  Clerk  of  the  Synod, 

Rev.  Jno.  Phil.  Stein, 

Reading,  Pa. 

Lancaster,  Pa.,  October  24,  1892. 

*  As  to  tlie  exact  dates,  see  prefatory  notice. 


DR.    SCHAFFS    REPLY    AND    FAREWELL    TO    THE 

SYNOD. 

[This  address  was  printed  from  stenograpliic  reports  which  appeared  in  the  Lancaster 
papers  and  the  Reformed  Church  Messenger,  Philadelphia,  and  revised  by  the  author,] 

Your  address  touches  the  sprinc^s  of  my  heart,  and  revives  the 
memories  of  my  youth  connected  with  my  call  to  America.  Feeble  as 
I  am,  I  must  venture  on  a  few  reminiscences  which  will  interest  my 
friends  and  pupils  assembled  before  me. 

I  see  the  two  delegates  of  your  special  Synodical  meeting  licld  at 
Lebanon,  in  January,  1843,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Hoffeditz,  of  German  birth, 
and  as  polite  as  a  courtier,  and  the  Rev.  Dr.  Schneck,  a  fine  specimen 
of  a  native  American-German,  of  unusual  height  (hence  called  '  the  high 
priest  of  the  German  Reformed  Church').  They  called  at  my  study 
in  Berlin,  in  the  summer  of  1843,  and  informed  me  that  the  Theologi- 
cal Professors  of  Halle  and  Berlin,  especially  Tholuck,  Julius  Miiller, 
and  Neander,  had  unanimously  directed  them  to  me  as  a  suitable  per- 
son to  fill  the  German  Professorship  in  your  Theological  Seminary, 
then  located  at  Mercersburg.  Their  mission  excited  considerable  at- 
tention by  its  novelty  and  boldness,  and  the  prospect  which  it  seemed 
to  open  for  the  transplantation  of  German  theology  to  America.  King 
Frederick  William  IV.  invited  your  delegates  to  the  palace,  and  showed 
his  interest  in  your  Seminary  by  a  liberal  gift  of  fifteen  hundred  dol- 
lars. The  House  of  Hohenzollern,  you  know,  is  originally  German 
Reformed,  and  still  uses  the  Heidelberg  Catechism,  though  strictly 
devoted  to  the  Evangelical  Union  of  the  Lutheran  and  Reformed  Con- 
fessions since  the  third  centennial  of  the  German  Reformation. 

In  December  I  received  a  call  from  your  Synod  held  in  Win- 
chester, Va.  It  was  signed  by  the  President,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Berg,  of 
Philadelphia,  who  soon  afterward  raised  the  charge  of  heresy  against 
me  ;  while  the  only  member  of  the  Synod  who  opposed  the  call,  from 
fear  of  foreign  influence  and  German  neology,  became  a  good  friend. 

In  the  spring  of    1844  I  left  Berlin,  was  ordained  at  Elberfcld,  in 


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the  church  of  Dr.  Krummacher,  before  a  large  congregation,  and 
preached  an  ordination  sermon,  which  he  published  in  his  Pabiibldtter, 
and  which  gave  rise  to  bitter  attacks  from  infidel  German  papers  in 
America.  I  had  thus  on  my  arrival  a  warm  reception  from  friends  and 
foes. 

"  Before  sailing  for  my  adopted  country  I  spent  seven  weeks  in  Lon- 
don and  Oxford.  What  I  heard  and  saw  in  the  May-meetings  at  Exe- 
ter Hall,  and  in  the  medic-eval  Colleges  of  the  venerable  University  of 
Oxford,  was  to  me  a  revelation,  and  prepared  me  for  my  work  in 
America.  I  made  the  personal  acquaintance  of  the  leaders  of  the  Trac- 
tarian  movement  (Pusey,  Newman,  Marriott),  but  especially  of  some 
of  the  future  leaders  of  the  Broad  Church  School  (as  Dean  Stanley, 
Professor  Jowett),  and  other  rising  scholars  of  liberal  tendency,  who 
treated  me  with  cordial  hospitality.  A  year  afterward.  Dr.  Newman, 
the  singer  of  "  Lead,  kindly  Light,"  headed  the  Anglo-Catholic  seces- 
sion to  Rome.  He  was  remarkably  reserved  when  I  saw  him,  for  half 
an  hour,  at  Littlemore,  as  if  he  was  then  seriously  contemplating  that 
decisive  step  which  marks  an  epoch  in  modern  church  history,  as  the 
secession  of  Dr.  Dol linger  from  Rome,  a  quarter  of  a  century  later, 
marks  another  epoch  in  the  opposite  direction. 

"  After  a  voyage  of  forty  days,  in  a  sailing  vessel,  I  safely  reached 
New  York,  in  July,  1844.  There  Dr.  Wolf,  the  model  of  a  courteous, 
kind-hearted.  Christian  gentleman,  who  afterward  became  my  col- 
league, met  me,  and  accompanied  me  to  Easton,  where  he  was  then 
pastor.  The  next  day,  Dr.  Hoffeditz  took  charge  of  me,  on  my  leis- 
urely journey  through  East  Pennsylvania,  stopping  at  Kutztown, 
Reading,  and  Tulpehocken  with  Rev.  Dr.  Lcinbach,  the  father  of  three 
ministers,  now  among  my  dear  pupils.  The  manners  and  customs  of 
the  people  and  the  Pennsylvanian  German  dialect  (which  my  friend,  the 
sainted  Harbaugh,  partly  at  my  suggestion,  immortalized  in  song),  were 
exceedingly  interesting  to  me.  Passing  through  Lebanon  to  Harris- 
burg,  I  met  there  the  delegates  of  a  convention  between  the  German 
and  Dutch  Reformed  Churches,  and  for  the  first  time  saw  Dr.  Ncvin, 
with  whom  I  was  to  be  so  intimately  connected  as  colleague.  I  was 
struck  with  his  commanding  and  dignified  presence,  his  familiarity  with 
modern  German  thought,  and  his  churchly  tendency.  He  preached  on 
that  occasion  the  sermon  on   "  Catholic   Unity,"  which  foreshadowed 


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his  peculiar  theology.  I  was  most  cordially  received  and  hospitably 
entertained  in  Harrisburg  by  Judge  Bucher.  On  arriving  at  Mercers- 
burg,  on  the  evening  of  August  12th,  the  students  of  the  College  and 
Seminary,  by  way  of  encouragement  and  in  vague  expectation  of  great 
things  to  come,  surprised  me,  who  had  done  nothing  as  yet,  with  a 
torchlight  procession  and  speeches  of  welcome  in  German  and  English. 

In  October  I  was  received  into  your  Synod,  at  Allcntown,  and  de- 
livered, in  Dr.  Buchcr's  church,  at  Reading,  my  inaugural  address  on 
the  "  Principle  of  Protestantism,"  in  the  German  language,  which  some 
hearers  misunderstood  for  Latin  or  Greek.  It  was  a  vindication  of 
the  Reformation  on  the  theory  of  progressive  historical  development, 
which  was  then  regarded  as  dangerous,  but  is  now  very  generally  ac- 
cepted. 

This  address,  which  Dr.  Nevin  translated  into  English,  with  a 
polemical  introduction,  became  the  innocent  occasion  of  a  long  the- 
ological controversy.  A  year  after  its  delivery  I  was  accused  of 
heresy  by  the  Classis  of  Philadelphia,  under  the  lead  of  Dr.  Berg, 
who  denied  the  validity  of  Roman  Catholic  ordinances,  and  had 
shortly  before  rebaptized  an  Irish  monk.  About  the  same  time  the 
Old  School  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  at  its  meeting  in 
Cincinnati,  had  by  a  resolution  unchurched  the  Roman  Catholic 
Church  and  declared  her  baptism  invalid ;  against  this  decision, 
however,  her  most  eminent  divines,  under  the  lead  of  Dr.  Charles 
Hodge,  of  Princeton,  vigorously  protested.  The  Synod  of  York  in 
1845  was  occupied  several  days  with  hearing  the  charge  and  defence. 
Dr.  Berg  delivered  an  eloquent  popular  argument  to  convict  me  of  a 
Romanizing  tendency.  Dr.  Ncvin  disproved  the  charge  in  a  weighty 
reply.  I  made  a  German  address  in  self-defence,  but  as  it  was  not 
generally  understood,  I  had  to  attempt  another  speech,  in  broken 
English,  which  was  much  shorter  but  more  effective.  So  much  for 
being  brief  and  for  speaking  English.  The  Synod,  after  every  delegate 
had  given  his  opinion,  acquitted  me  with  an  overwhelming  majority. 

With  such  a  record  I  thought  I  might  venture  upon  the  honor- 
able estate  of  matrimony,  and  married  a  Mary  from  Maryland,  which  1 
have  never  regretted;  but  this  is  a  private  matter. 

Then  followed  the  development  of  the  "  Mercersburg  Theology," 
so  called,  mainly  by  Dr.  Nevin,  in  books  and  through    TJic  Mercers- 


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burg  Review.  His  pessimistic  view  on  the  divided  state  of  Protestant- 
ism, with  which  I  could  never  quite  agree,  misled  a  few  ministers  into 
Romanism  ;  but  this  was  merely  incidental  and  temporary.  The  Mer- 
ccrsburg  movement,  in  its  spirit  and  aim,  was  hopeful  and  progressive, 
and  resulted  in  the  consolidation  of  the  Church  and  a  deeper  and 
broader  theology. 

In  1846,  I  was  threatened  with  a  second  heresy  trial  on  the  subject 
of  the  middle  state  between  death  and  the  resurrection,  and  the  hope 
of  the  salvation  of  all  children  dying  in  infancy  and  of  such  heathen  as 
would  have  accepted  the  gospel  if  it  had  been  offered  to  them  in  this 
world.  The  charge  of  heresy  was  founded  on  a  garbled  translation  of 
extracts  from  my  book  on  "  The  Sin  against  the  Holy  Ghost,"  written 
in  Germany,  in  1841  ;  but  the  matter  was  satisfactorily  settled  by  the 
Board  of  Visitors.  In  1848,  I  ventured  on  publishing  the  first  Ameri- 
can theological  periodical  in  the  German  language,  the  KircJicnfrciind, 
for  which  I  had  to  import  from  Philadelphia  a  printer  and  printing 
apparatus.  The  first  German  edition  of  my  "History  of  the  Apostolic 
Church "  was  also  printed  in  Mercersburg,  and  soon  afterward  trans- 
lated into  idiomatic  English  by  my  dear  departed  friend,  Dr.  Yeomans. 
I  soon  learned  that  I  could  double  my  influence  if  I  taught  and  wrote 
in  the  ruling  language  of  the  country.  In  1849,  the  Committee  for 
the  Preparation  of  a  New  Liturgy  was  appointed,  of  which  I  was  chair- 
man for  seven  years.  The  result  was  the  "  Provisional  Liturgy "  of 
1857.  You  also  intrusted  me  with  the  compilation  of  a  German 
Hymn-book,  which  was  completed  in  1859,  without  any  help,  and  is 
still  used  in  your  churches.  For  your  service  I  prepared  a  history,  and 
tercentennary  edition  of  the  Heidelberg  Catechism  in  German  (1863), 
and  a  small  German  Hymn-book,  and  a  German  and  English  Cate- 
chism, for  Sundaj'-schools  (1864). 

In  1850,  the  removal  of  the  Institutions  from  the  retired  village  of 
Mercersburg  to  a  more  eligible  location  began  to  be  agitated,  and 
resulted  in  the  union  of  Franklin  and  Marshall  Colleges  in  Lancaster 
(1853).  The  Seminary  unfortunately  was  left  behind  in  lonely  isola- 
tion. You  refused  to  let  me  accept  the  call  to  the  presidency  of 
the  united  Colleges,  and  I  declined  other  attractive  invitations.  I 
appreciated  your  reluctance  to  spare  me  from  the  Seminary,  and 
obeyed. 


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After  a  visit  to  Europe  (1854),  I  returned  to  the  Seminary  and 
served  it  ten  years  lon^^er,  hoping  in  vain  for  its  removal  to  Lancaster, 
which  was  not  effected  till  1870.  In  those  years,  though  overburdened 
with  lectures,  I  made  preparations  for  a  general  Church  history,  and  an 
English  reproduction  of  Lange's  "  Bible-work." 

During  the  Civil  War,  Mercersburg  was  constantly  exposed  to  rav- 
aging raids  of  the  Confederate  cavalry.  After  the  battle  of  Gettysburg, 
in  July,  1863,  the  Seminary  building  was  turned  into  a  military  hos- 
pital for  a  thousand  wounded  Confederate  soldiers,  who  were  capt- 
ured on  their  retreat  to  Virginia. 

At  this  juncture  I  felt  at  liberty  to  remove  to  New  York,  where  1 
could  hope  with  the  help  of  large  libraries  to  execute  my  literary 
projects.  After  a  second  visit  to  Europe  (1865),  I  was,  in  the  provi- 
dence of  God,  assigned  a  large  field  of  usefulness  in  the  Union  Theo- 
logical Seminary  at  New  York  in  congenial  comi)anionship  with  hon- 
ored and  beloved  colleagues. 

But  my  affections  remained  with  you  undiminished,  I  followed 
with  interest  your  growth  and  prosperity.  And  now,  when  I  appear 
before  you,  I  heartily  rejoice  in  your  bright  prospects.  The  Seminary 
and  College  are  once  more  united,  never  to  be  separated  again,  and  arc 
steadily  advancing  in  ef^ciency.  When  I  arrived  in  Mercersburg  I 
found  but  half-a-dozen  theological  students;  now  you  have  sixty-four. 
Then  there  were  but  two  professors,  who  had  to  divide  their  time  be- 
tween the  Seminary  and  the  College  ;  now  there  are  four  professors 
wholly  devoted  to  the  Seminary,  with  a  fifth  professor  just  elected, 
and  a  new  building  in  prospect  for  recitation-rooms  and  a  librar\',  to  be 
erected  on  a  commanding  site  in  this  city.  Then  there  was  but  one 
Seminary  in  your  denomination  ;  now  }^ou  have  four.  Then  there  was 
but  one  Reformed  congregation  in  Lancaster,  one  in  Reading,  and  two 
in  Philadelphia;  now  their  number  in  these  cities  is  sixfold.  Your 
Synod,  which  is  the  mother  S\'nod,  has  given  birth  to  half-a-do/xn 
daughters  in  the  West.  Your  membership  has  increased  in  proportion, 
and  is  steadily  growing  in  intelligence  and  influence.  Your  theology 
and  order  of  worship,  and  the  education  of  your  ministry  are  far  in 
advance  of  the  crude  and  unsettled  state  of  things  fifty  years  ago. 
You  have  been  brought  into  living  contact  with  the  other  Reformed 
Churches  of   Europe  and  America  through   the    Tan-I^-csbyterian  or 


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Reformed  Alliance,  and  were  duly  represented  at  all  the  Councils — at 
EdinburL^h,  Philadelphia,  Belfast,  London,  and  Toronto, 

Under  such  favorable  auspices  it  is  my  rare  privilege  to  meet  your 
Synodical  assembly  once  more,  and  probably  for  the  last  time.  I 
thank  you  for  your  kind  sympathy  with  me  in  the  severe  illness  which 
interrupted  me  last  summer  in  the  midst  of  work.  The  stroke  of  par- 
alysis was  a  warning,  and  a  blessing  in  disguise.  It  taught  me  two 
cheering  lessons  :  how  many  friends  I  have  at  home  and  abroad  ;  and 
how  easy  it  is  to  die — "  the  readiness  is  all."  In  the  kind  providence 
of  God  I  am  so  far  restored  to  health  that  I  am  able  just  now  to  read 
the  last  proofs  of  the  seventh  volume  of  my  "Church  History," 
which  is  devoted  to  the  story  of  the  Reformation  in  my  native  Switzer- 
land, and  the  great  labors  of  Zwingli  and  Calvin,  the  chief  founders 
of  the  Reformed  Churches. 

Providence  may  still  have  a  few  years  of  usefulness  in  store  for  me. 
The  autumnal  storms  are  followed  by  the  Indian  summer  with  its 
bright  sunshine  and  balmy  air,  before  nature  goes  to  sleep  till  the  resur- 
rection of  the  spring.  But  whether  one  year  or  ten  years  may  yet 
be  granted  to  me,  I  shall  never  forget  the  sweet  memories  of  this  day, 
and  it  is  with  profound  gratitude  that  I  bid  you,  my  old  and  dear 
pupils  and  friends,  an  affectionate  farewell  till  we  meet  again,  in  the 
general  assembly  of  the  first-born  in  heaven.  There  (in  the  words  of 
my  sainted  friend,  Dr.  William  A.  Muhlenberg,  written  about  sixty 
years  ago  in  this  very  city,  where  he  was  then  rector  of  the  Episcopal 
church) — 

*'  The  saints  of  all  ages  in  harmony  meet, 

Their  Saviour  and  brethren  transported  to  greet  ; 
Wiiile  the  anthems  of  rapture  unceasingly  roll, 
And  the  smile  of  the  Lord  is  the  feast  of  the  soul !  " 


SUPPLEMENT. 

Dr.  Schaffs  Early  Impressions  of  America. 

The  preceding  reminiscences  of  Dr.  Schaffs  early  life  in  America 
may  be  supplemented  by  a  letter  of  his,  dated  May,  I.S45,  to  tlie  Rev. 
Dr.  \Villiam  Julius  Mann,  his  fellow-student  and  friend,  whom  he  in- 
vited from  Wiirttemberg  to  Mercersburg,  and  who  became  the  first 
Lutheran  preacher  in  America,  and  professor  in  the  Theological  Sem- 
inary at  Mt.  Airy,  Philadelphia,  till  shortly  before  his  death,  June  20, 
1892.  This  letter  has  just  been  published  by  Rev.  Dr.  Adolph 
Spaeth,  in  his  "Memorial  of  William  Julius  Mann,  D.D.,  LL.D.," 
Philadelphia,  1893,  pp.  13-15,  and  is  as  follows: 

"  If  I  were  in  your  position,  I  woiild  not,  with  m\'  knowledge  of 
America,  hesitate  to  come  to  this  country.  In  Wiirttemberg  candidates 
are  anxiously  looking  out  for  congregations  ;  here  congregations  are 
longing  for  candidates.  There  you  are  hemmed  in  on  all  sides  in  your 
work;  here  we  have  absolute  freedom.  True,  this  is  poison  for  those 
who  serve  the  flesh,  but  it  is  a  heavenly  gift  for  those  who  know  how 
to  use  it  for  the  honor  of  God  and  the  building  up  of  His  kingdom. 
There  it  looks  like  autumn  ;  here  everything  is  fresh  and  green.  I  ad- 
mit there  is  still  a  terrible  chaos  in  all  church  matters,  but  we  have 
here  an  immense  material  for  a  grand,  new  epoch  in  the  history  of  the 
Church.  The  Germans,  especially  in  the  West,  are  sadly  demoral- 
ized ;  they  are  consequently  most  in  need  of  help,  and  the  future  of 
this  republic  depends  in  great  measure  on  the  proper  training  and 
Christianizing  of  the  German  population.  This  the  Anglo-Americans 
themselves  begin  to  see,  and  they  look,  therefore,  with  greatest  interest 
upon  everything  that  is  done  among  the  Germans  and  for  the  Cicr- 
mans. 

"  Even  if  the  professorship  which  I  desire  for  you  should  fail,  you 
could  be  a  most  useful  man  as  a  German  pastor.  Of  course  one  can- 
not expect  just  to  settle  down  for  a  comfortable  life  in  a  congregation. 
But  the  men  that  have  no  courage  and  delight  in  denying  themselves 


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and  suffering  for  the  Lord's  sake,  are  unfit  for  the  ministry  in  the  old 
world  as  well  as  the  new.  Whoever  is  filled  with  missionary  zeal  and 
ready  to  be  satisfied  with*  little  in  the  beginning,  not  afraid  of  any  kind 
of  deprivation  and  sacrifice,  and  willing  to  gather  the  scattered  Ger- 
mans into  congregations,  finds  here  an  immense  field  of  labor,  and  will 
become  a  blessing  to  thousands.  It  is  really  a  shame  that  in  Germany 
there  are  so  many  candidates  standing  idle  in  the  market-place,  whilst 
here  multitudes  of  their  countrymen  are  wandering  about  like  sheep 
without  a  shepherd,  or  are  falling  a  prey  to  ravening  wolves. 

"  Come  over  and  help  us!  I  do  not  mean  to  urge  you,  on  account 
of  the  responsibility  I  would  have  to  assume.  For  the  same  reason  I 
do  not  hold  out  brilliant  prospects  to  you.  The  life  of  the  Christian 
here,  as  well  as  with  you,  is  a  chain  of  self-denials  and  sacrifices,  and  in 
the  new  world  the  principle  rules  as  well  as  in  the  old,  that  we  must 
through  much  tribulation  enter  into  the  kingdom  of  God.  Those 
candidates  who  look  upon  the  ministerial  ofifice  simply  as  the  cow 
which  is  to  furnish  them  with  milk  and  butter,  had  better  stay  in  Ger- 
many. They  would  only  create  trouble  in  this  country,  and  would  be 
disappointed  in  finding  the  cow  not  as  fat  as  they  expected.  For,  God 
be  praised,  the  people  here  have  sufificient  taste  and  judgment  to  find 
the  gospel  more  interesting  than  the  diluted  morality  of  rationalism. 

"  But  I  am  confident  that  if  you  come  5^ou  will  come  with  a  mis- 
sionary spirit,  and  will  never  lose  sight  of  that  great  and  glorious  aim, 
the  building  up  of  the  kingdom  of  God  and  the  training  of  the  young. 
May  God  put  His  counsel  into  your  heart,  and  overrule  all  for  your 
Qiood  to  the  honor  of  His  glorious  name." 


CONGRATULATORY  ADDRESS  OF  THE  FAC- 
ULTY AND  BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS  OF 
THE  UNION  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 
IN  NEW  YORK 


New  York,  October  28,  1892. 

To  the  Reverend  Philip  Schaff,  D.D.,  LLD. 

Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  With  the  present  month 
you  complete  a  half  century  of  service  as  a  Christian 
teacher.  During-  the  last  twenty-three  years  of  this 
long  period,  you  have  been  closely  identified  with 
Union  Theological  Seminary;  and  )our  colleagues 
in  the  Faculty  of  that  institution,  together  with  the 
members  of  its  Board  of  Directors,  are  unwilling  to 
allow  so  interesting  an  anniversary  to  pass  without  a 
special  expression  of  their  high  esteem  and  affection. 

In  tendering  to  you  our  congratulations,  we  have 
in  mind  not  only  our  pleasant  personal  relations  with 
yourself,  but  also  the  significance  of  this  period  of  lit- 
erary activity  to  the  Church  of  Christ,  to  the  cause 
of  ministerial  education,  and  to  Christian  literature. 
In  your  honorable  and  faithful  career  we  discover  no 
mere  happy  concurrence  of  circumstances  apart  from 
your  personal  and  scholarly  worth,  but  the  ripe  and 
legitimate  result  of  generous  natural  endowments,  se- 
verely trained,  and  developed  by  the  arduous  and  un- 
remitted toil  of  a  lifetime. 

From  the  hands  of  such  masters  as  Neander,  Tho- 
luck,  and  Julius  jMiiller,  from  the  influences  of  the  uni- 
versities of  Tubingen,  Halle,  and  Berlin' — you  passed 
into  the  life  of  this  country  before  the  touch  of  the  great 
educational  centres  of  Europe  had  been  fairly  felt  in  our 


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schools  ;  and  brought  to  bear  upon  the  study  of  Chris- 
tian Theology  and  its  kindred  themes  the  forces  which 
had  moulded  your  own  thought  and  your  literary 
methods. 

These  forces  you  have  exerted  from  various  and 
commanding  positions ;  from  the  pulpit,  from  the  chairs 
of  T/ieoIogy.  of  Biblical  Exegesis,  of  Biblical  Languages, 
and  of  Church  History,  and  through  the  medium  of  the 
religious  and  secular  press. 

The  range  of  your  studies  and  of  your  literary  pro- 
duction bears  witness  to  the  breadth  of  your  scholarly 
ideal,  no  less  than  to  your  unflagging  industry.  You 
have  dealt  with  most  departments  of  the  theological  cur- 
riculum, and  with  many  subjects  of  a  more  distinctively 
literary  character.  In  the  great  department  which  you 
now  represent  in  this  institution — that  of  Church  His- 
tory— it  is  gratifying  to  us  to  know  that  your  work  is 
recognized,  appreciated,  and  respected  on  both  sides  of 
the  Atlantic.  In  your  numerous  contributions  to  Bibli- 
cal Exegesis,  you  have  contemplated  not  only  the  needs 
of  the  professional  student,  but  also  those  of  the  lay- 
man ;  so  that  your  commentaries  have  a  place  at  the 
fireside  as  w^ell  as  in  the  minister's  library.  While  you 
have  expounded  the  Creeds  of  CJirlstendoin  for  maturer 
minds,  you  have  made  Catechisms  for  the  children. 
You  have  prepared  manuals  of  holy  song  for  the  sanc- 
tuary, and  hymnals  for  the  little  ones.  Through  at 
least  six  translations  from  your  original  you  have  vindi- 
cated the  claims  of  the  divine  power  of  our  Lord  and 
Saviour  in  Germany,  France,  Holland,  Greece,  Russia, 


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and  Japan.  You  have  made  the  Church  acquainted 
with  the  biographies  of  saintly  men  and  of  Christian 
scholars,  and  have  illustrated  and  rendered  available 
the  writings  of  the  Christian  Fathers.  The  great  work 
of  Bible  Revision  is  largely  indebted  to  your  labor.  \()w 
have  wrought  for  a  better  understanding  and  a  closer 
union  among  the  sects  of  Christendom,  and  for  the  pres- 
ervation and  promotion  of  the  observance  of  the  Lord's 
Day,  especially  among  our  vast  German  population. 

Nor  have  your  literary  labors  isolated  you  from 
your  fellow  men.  The  atmosphere  of  the  cloister  has 
never  encompassed  you.  You  have  mingled  freely 
with  men  of  all  professions  and  of  all  sects;  and  your 
contact  with  the  living  and  working  world,  no  less  than 
your  intimate  intercourse  with  the  leaders  of  Christian 
thought  on  both  continents,  has  kept  you  in  touch  with 
the  men  and  the  things  of  your  day,  and  has  fostered  in 
you  that  generous  fraternal  spirit  and  that  unixersal  char- 
ity which  we  have  learned  to  associate  with  your  name. 

In  congratulating  you  upon  this  rich  and  varied 
record, — in  expressing,  on  behalf  of  our  own  and  of 
sister  institutions,  and  of  the  whole  Church  of  Christ, 
our  thankfulness  for  the  work  of  your  life, — we  give  the 
glory  first  as  you  give  it,  to  God,  the  source  of  all 
wisdom ;  to  Jesus  Christ,  in  whose  love  and  for  whose 
Church  you  have  wrought;  and  to  the  IIol)-  Sj)irit, 
who  inspires  the  minds  no  less  than  the  hearts  of  Ciod's 
true  servants.  We  rejoice  with  you  in  your  happy 
retrospect  of  a  long  and  useful  career;  in  the  thought 
of  the    many   Christian    teachers    )ou   have    helped   to 


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mould,  of  the  improved  facilities  for  study  which  you 
have  placed  in  so  many  hands,  of  the  beneficent  forces 
you  have  evoked  by  your  pen,  of  the  enlargement 
of  knowledge,  the  approaches  to  Christian  unity,  the 
broader  charity  which  you  have  done  so  much  to  pro- 
mote. Your  work  cannot  end  with  your  life.  It  must 
follow  you  when  you  have  rested  from  your  labors;  and 
its  rich  fruitage  will  be  gathered  by  generations  to  come. 

And  now,  as  the  shadows  lengthen  on  your  path, 
alonof  with  the  assurances  of  our  esteem  and  affection 
goes  our  earnest  prayer  that  you  may  enjoy  to  the  full 
that  peace  and  cheer  which  should  come  back  to  you  in 
the  memory  of  faithful  and  fruitful  service,  and  which 
should  abide  with  you  in  the  constant  presence  of  Him 
for  whom  you  have  toiled,  and  in  the  anticipation  of 
unveiled  vision,  of  perfect  love  and  of  perfect  character 
in  the  eternal  presence  of  God. 

May  the  peace  of  God  which  passeth  all  understand- 
ing, keep  your  heart  and  mind  in  the  knowledge  and 
love  of  God,  and  of  His  Son,  Jesus  Christ,  our  Lord. 

Charles  Butler,  President. 
E.  M.  KiNGSLEY,  Secretary. 

Tiio.*:  S.  Hastings, 

Geo  :  L.  Prentiss, 

C.  A.  Briggs,  ^ 

Marvin  R.  Vincent,  (     '^'  ^^  ^' 

Francis  Brown, 

J.  H.  Worcester,  Jr.,/ 

CiiAf  P.  Fagnani, 
Wm.  Auams  Brown, 


Tutors. 


REPLY   TO  THE  BOARD   OF  DIRECTORS. 


New  York,  15  East  Forty-third  Street, 

November  14,  1892. 

My  Dear  Dr.  Butler  : 

Your  honored  name,  representing  the  Board  of  Directors,  heads  the 
h'st  of  signatures  to  the  Congratulatory  Address  on  the  fiftieth  anni- 
versary of  my  course  as  a  public  teacher  of  theology. 

This  address  was  to  me  unexpected,  and  makes  me  feel  both  humble 
and  thankful. 

The  best  part  of  my  manhood  has  been  identified  with  the  Union 
Theological  Seminary,  and  it  is  very  gratifying  that  my  services,  how- 
ever imperfect,  are  fully  appreciated  by  the  Board,  under  your  presi- 
dency. 

You  are  the  only  surviving  patriarch  and  founder  of  the  Seminar}', 
You  have  followed  its  history  through  all  its  stages  and  trials  with 
loving  and  intelligent  interest;  you  have  preserved  to  the  ninety-first 
year  of  your  life  the  ardor  and  hopefulness  of  youth,  and  you  have  de- 
monstrated your  devotion  by  the  generous  act  of  founding  a  new  and 
important  professorship,  which  has  become  the  innocent  cause  of  the 
recent  crisis  of  the  Institution.  You  have  presided  over  the  counsels 
of  the  Board  during  this  crisis  with  calmness,  wisdom,  and  courage,  and 
have  shown  that  you,  with  the  whole  Board,  fully  understand  the  prov- 
idential mission  of  UNION  Seminary,  which,  besides  training  practical 
and  efficient  preachers  and  pastors  at  home  and  abroad  is  to  become 
also  more  and  more,  in  fulfilment  of  the  prophecy  of  its  name,  a  theo- 
logical university  for  the  cultivation  of  Christian  learning  and  the  pro- 
motion of  Christian  union  among  all  true  worshippers  of  our  blessed 
Lord  and  Saviour. 

I  cannot  hope  for  many  more  years  of  work,  but  my  only  wish  is 
to  devote  them  to  the  service  of  Christ  in  our  beloved  Institution, 
which  now  more  than  ever  calls  for  the  united  efforts  and  energies  of 
its  directors;,  teachers,  and  friends. 


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Thanking  you  and  all  the  members  of  the  Board  for  this  testi- 
monial of  affectionate  regard,  and  invoking  upon  you  God's  richest 
blessing  in  the  serene  and  peaceful  evening  of  your  long,  honorable, 
and  useful  life,  1  am, 

Very  truly  yours, 

Philip  Schaff. 
Charles  Butler,  Esq.,  LL.D,, 

President  of  the  Board  of  Directors 

of  the  Union  Theological  Seminary,  N'ew  York. 


REPLY  TO   THE   FACULTY. 

New  York,  15  East  Forty-third  Street, 
November  14,  1892. 

My  Dear  Colleagues  ami  Friends  : 

The  Congratulatory  Address  of  October  28th,  by  which  you  sur- 
prised me  during  my  absence  in  Atlantic  Cit)',  on  the  completion  of 
a  half  century  of  theological  teaching,  beginning  in  the  University  of 
Berlin  and  ending  in  the  Union  Theological  Seminary,  has  filled  my 
heart  with  overflowing  gratitude  to  God,  by  whose  free  grace  alone 
I  am  what  I  am,  and  to  you,  with  whom  I  have  been  associated  in 
public  work  and  private  friendship  for  more  than  twenty-three  }-ears. 

Such  a  testimony  from  those  wdio  know  me  best,  is  the  richest  re- 
ward I  could  wish  in  this  world,  and  the  strongest  stimulus  to  devote 
to  the  Union  Seminary  the  Indian  summer  of  my  life,  which  will  be 
brief  but,  I  hope,  sunny,  balmy,  and  not  unfruitful. 

With  the  best  wishes  and  prayers  for  you  all,  and  for  the  noble 
Institution  with  which  we  are  identified,  I  am. 

Very  truly  and  gratefully  yours, 

Philip  Schaff. 

To  THE  Faculty  of  the  Union  Theological  Seminary, 
New  York. 


THE   STUDENTS  OF  THE  UNION  THEOLOGI- 
CAL SEMINARY  IN  NEW  YORK 

To  the  Rev.  Philip  Schaff,  D.D.,  LLfD. : 

As  students  at  the  Union  Theological  Seminary,  we 
desire  to  unite  with  Dr.  Schaff's  many  friends,  on  both 
sides  of  the  Atlantic,  in  tenderincj  cono-ratulations  to 
our  Professor  of  Church  History  upon  the  completion 
of  his  half-century  of  service  in  so  many  departments 
of  theology.  By  listening  to  his  lectures  and  by  study- 
ing his  works,  we  have  learned  to  appreciate  the  wide 
range  of  investigation  and  the  versatility  of  talent 
which  have  long  since  given  to  the  name  of  Philip 
Schaff  an  international  reputation.  We  desire  to  re- 
cord our  testimony  to  the  vigorous,  progressive,  and 
reverent  spirit  which  has  ever  characterized  his  presen- 
tation of  fact  and  doctrine,  and  which  has  given  him 
the  right  to  say :  "  Christianus  sum  ;  Christiani  nihil  a 
me  alienum  puto." 

While  we  rejoice  in  his  partial  recovery  to  health, 
we  wish  for  him  the  complete  and  rapid  restoration  of 


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all  his  powers,  with  yet  many  years  of  useful  service  for 
this  Seminary,  and  for  the  universal  Church  of  Christ. 
On  behalf  of  the  students, 

J.    WiNTHROP   PlATNER, 

Ambrose  Wihte  Vernon,  !^  Committee. 
J.  Everett  Frame, 

Union  Theological  Seminary,  New  York, 
December  21,  1892. 


REPLY 

15  East  Forty-third  Street,  New  York, 
December  28,  1892. 

My  Dear  Young  Friends  and  Fellow-Students : 

I  sincerely  thank  you  for  the  letter  of  congratulation  which  you 
sent  me  in  behalf  of  the  three  Classes  of  the  Union  Theological  Sem- 
inary. I  have  now  devoted  to  this  institution  twenty-three  years,  and 
have  grown  richer  every  year  in  the  number  of  Alumni  who  went  forth 
to  preach  the  Gospel  of  our  blessed  Lord  and  Saviour  in  all  parts  of 
this  land,  and  in  foreign  mission  fields  white  for  the  harvest. 

The  best  reward  which  a  teacher  can  desire  from  his  pupils  is  a  tes- 
timonial of  gratitude  and  affection ;  and  his  noblest  ambition  is  that 
his  pupils  may  outgrow  him.  He  must  be  willing  to  decrease  that 
they  may  increase.  The  ties  which  bind  them  together  arc,  in  purity 
and  strength,  next  to  the  ties  between  parents  and  children  ;  but  with 
this  difference,  that  a  teacher  is  as  much  indebted  to  his  pupils  for  in- 
spiration and  success  as  they  are  to  him  for  instruction. 

From  long  familiarity  with  L'nivcrsity  life  in  Europe  and  America 
I  am  happy  to  bear  testimony  to  the  fact  that  American  students  of 


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. . .   ^ 

theology,  while  often  deficient  in  philological  and  philosophical  prepa- 
ration, are  inisurpasscd  in  the  higher  qualities  of  moral  earnestness, 
manly  independence,  personal  piety,  and  practical  fitness  for  the  duties 
of  the  ministry.  They  do  not  study  for  a  comfortable  living,  but  from 
love  to  Christ,  and  zeal  for  the  promotion  of  His  kingdom. 

"Art  is  long  and  life  is  short."  But  life  is  long  enough  to  answer 
its  purposes,  and  to  do  all  the  good  we  arc  capable  of  doing  and  are 
expected  to  do.  The  greatest  art  is  the  art  of  living,  and  this  consists 
in  making  the  temporal  life  on  earth  a  forecourt  of  life  eternal  in 
heaven.  Only  he  is  happy  in  this  world  who  contributes  to  the  happi- 
ness of  his  fellow-men. 

You  are  devoted  to  the  noblest  and  most  interesting  study  that  can 
engage  the  attention  of  an  immortal  mind.  Your  lot  has  been  cast  in 
a  stirring  age  and  country,  full  of  hope  and  promise.  The  coming 
century  has  great  surprises  in  store  for  the  Church  and  the  w^orld. 
God  has  a  vast  amount  of  work  to  do  yet,  and  needs  workmen  for  the 
building  up  of  His  kingdom  at  home  and  abroad. 

I  hope  soon  to  resume  my  labors  of  teaching  and  learning  Avith 
you,  if  the  Lord  will  give  me  new  strength  after  a  brief  season  of  ill- 
ness and  repose.  But  we  must  ever  be  mindful  that  we  know  not  the 
day  nor  the  hour  when  the  Son  of  Man  cometh  to  call  us  to  an  ac- 
count of  our  stewardship. 

My   earnest    wish    and    prayer   is   that    you    may   be    thoroughly 
equipped  for  your  future  work,  and  abundantly  blessed  in  the  field  of 
labor  to  which  the  Lord  in  His  providence  may  call  you. 
Believe  me,  very  truly,  your  friend, 

Philip  Schaff. 
To  Messrs. 

J.  WlNTIIROP    PlATNER,  \ 

Ambrose  White  Vernon,  >  Couunittee. 
J.  Everett  Frame,  ) 


LETTER  FROM  THE  THEOLOGICAL  FAC- 
ULTY OF  YALE  UNIVERSITY 


Yale  University,  New  Haven,  Conn., 
November  28,  1892. 

Rev.  "Philip  Schajf,  D.D.,  LLD., 

Union  Theological  Seminary: 

Dear  Sir:  The  Faculty  of  Yale  Divinity  School 
beg  leave  to  offer  to  you  their  cordial  congratulations 
at  the  expiration  of  a  half-century  of  laborious  and  use- 
ful service  as  a  Theological  Instructor  in  public  insti- 
tutions of  learning.  In  addition  to  the  benefits  which 
have  resulted  from  your  oral  instructions  to  successive 
classes  of  students  through  so  many  years,  you  have 
enriched  the  literature  of  the  department  of  theology, 
which  you  have  especially  cultivated,  by  numerous  writ- 
ings of  great  value.  During  all  this  period  you  have 
been  engaged  in  bringing  into  a  closer  mutual  acquaint- 
ance the  scholars  of  Europe  and  America.  \\'e  are 
glad  to  recognize  the  catholic  spirit  and  kindly  temper 
which  have  marked  your  entire  literary  career. 

Permit  us  to  express  our  deep  regret  that  your 
health  should  be  in  any  degree  impaired,  and  our  desire 
that  you  may  long  be  spared  to  continue  the  studies 


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which  have  given  you  a  well-earned  distinction  on  both 

sides  of  the  Atlantic. 

We  remain,  dear  Dr.  Schaff, 

Very  sincerely  yours, 

Timothy  Dwight, 
George  E.  Day, 
Samuel  Harris, 
George  P.  Fisher, 
Lewis  O.   Brastow, 
Edward  L.   Curtis, 
George  B.  Stevens, 
Frank  C.   Porter, 
Arthur  Fairbanks. 


ANSWER 

New  York,  December  lo,  1802. 

My  Dear  Dr.  Dwigbt  : 

The  semi-centennial  congratulation  of  November  28th,  signed  by 
yourself  and  the  members  of  the  Theological  Faculty  of  Vale  Univer- 
sity, was  as  welcome  to  me  as  it  was  unexpected,  and  receives  additional 
weight  from  the  high  reputation  of  the  Institution  which  you  repre- 
sent. 

Some  of  the  signers  are  known  to  me  not  only  by  name  and  fame, 
but  also  as  personal  friends.  Professor  Curtis  was  one  of  my  best  stu- 
dents. Professor  Stevens  aided  me  in  the  edition  of  the  Works  of  St. 
Chrysostom.  Professor  Fisher  is  a  beloved  and  congenial  co-worker 
in  the  field  of  Church  History. 

Your  own  name  and  that  of  the  venerable  Dr.  Day  call  to  my  mind 
the  work  of  the  Anglo-American  Bible  revision,  in  which  you  and 
your  honored  predecessor,  President  Woolsey,  have  taken  such  a  prom- 
inent share  for  more  than  ten  years.  No  members  of  the  Committee 
were  better  prepared,  more  regular  in  attendance,  and  more  weighty  in 
judgment  than  the  three  representatives  of  Yale,  I  look  back  upon 
our  monthly  meetings  at  my  study  in  the  Bible  House  with  unalloyed 
satisfaction.  It  is  impossible  that  a  work  to  which  a  hundred  scholars 
of  various  denominations  of  England  and  America  have  unselfishly  de- 
voted so  much  time  and  strength,  can  be  lost.  Whether  the  Revised 
Version  may  or  may  not  replace  the  King  James's  Version,  it  will  re- 
main a  noble  monument  of  Christian  scholarship  and  co-operation, 
which  in  its  single  devotion  to  Christ  and  to  truth  rises  above  the 
dividing  lines  of  schools  and  sects. 

You  approve  of  the  "catholic  spirit"  and  "kindly  temper"  of  my 
literary  career.  I  was  gradually  trained  into  the  position  of  an  evan- 
gelical and  irenic  catholicity  by  the  silent  influence  of  personal  inter- 
course with  good  men  and  Christian  scholars  of  different  nationalities 
and  churches.     I  feel  all  the  happier  for  being  able  to  appreciate  the 


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merits  of  those   from  whom  I  differ.     I  believe  and   rejoice  in  "  the 
communion  of  saints." 

You  kindly  allude  to  my  recent  sickness.  I  have  reason  to  hope 
that,  in  the  providence  of  the  Dispenser  of  life  and  death,  I  may  be 
able  before  long  to  resume  my  professorial  duties  and  to  complete 
some  literary  works.  For  the  rest,  to  ^fju,  Xpca-ro'i,  koI  to  uTroSavelVy 
KepSo<;. 

With  my  best  thanks  and  wishes  to  you  and  your  colleagues, 

I  am,  faithfully  yours, 

Philip  Schaff. 

To  the  Rev.  Timothy  Dwight,  D.D.,  LL.D., 

President  of  Yale  University. 


TESTIMONIAL  OF  THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  THE 
CITY   OF   NEW   YORK 


The  Council  of  the  University  of  the  City  of  New  York,  on  the 
25th  of  November,  conferred  upon  Dr.  Schaff  the  honorary  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Divinity.  As  he  declined,  on  account  of  ill-health,  the 
ceremony  of  a  public  reception,  the  diploma  was  delivered  to  him  in- 
formally, at  his  residence,  December  3d,  by  a  committee  consisting  of 
Dr.  Charles  Butler,  President  of  the  Council;  the  Rev.  Dr.  H.  M. 
MacCracken,  Chancellor,  and  William  S.  Opdyke,  Secretary.  After  a 
few  remarks  by  the  President,  the  Chancellor  made  the  following  ad- 
dress : 


ADDRESS   OF  CHANCELLOR  MacCRACKEN 

The  University  of  the  City  of  New  York  instructs 
me  to  present  to  you  this  diploma  of  the  Degree  of 
Doctor  of  Divinity. 

We  do  this  with  the  highest  satisfaction.  \\x  greet 
you  on  this  Jubilee  of  your  academic  life  as  citizen, 
scholar,  brother,  and  Christian.  Switzerland,  the  mother 
of  republics,  never  gave  us  a  citizen  more  patriotic ; 
nor  Germany,  the  mother  of  universities,  a  scholar 
more  broad  and  versatile ;  nor  Europe,  the  mother 
of  our  common  race,  a  kindlier  man ;  while  above 
Switzerland,  and  Germany,  and  Europe,  far  loftier 
than  fhey,  rises  the  City  of  God,  the  Civitas  Dei  of 
Augustin.  And  of  this  City — the  Church  Universal — 
you  have  been  a  citizen  who  needed  no  naturalization 
because  of  crossing  the  ocean.  From  the  beginning  of 
your  career  as  a  teacher,  fifty  years  ago,  in  Berlin,  to  this 
hour,  you  have  been  her  loyal  son,  her  faithful  steward, 
bringing  from  the  treasury  of  history  and  the  Bible 
things  new  and  old,  making  every  Christian  denomina- 
tion and  minister  the  richer  and  happier  through  the 
treasures  which  you  have  amassed,  and  which  you  have 
scattered  in  tens  of  thousands  of  pages  with  liberal 
hand.  While  independent,  and  even  daring  in  your 
theology  and  philosophy,  you   have  so  combined   the 


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sweetness  of  manner  with  courage  of  soul  that  you  are 
to-day  beloved  by  conservative  and  progressive  alike. 

The  University  Council  and  Faculties,  men  of  varied 
denominations  and  views,  are  all  alike  cordial  in  voting 
this  degree.  We  feel  that  w^e  shall  be  highly  honored 
by  your  accepting  it,  and  thus  becoming  an  adopted 
son  of  the  University  of  the  City  of  New  York. 


REPLY  OF  DR.   SCHAFF 


I  accept  with  grateful  pleasure  this  mark  of  respect  from  the  Uni- 
versity of  the  metropolis  of  America. 

1  had  the  honor  to  represent  you  four  years  ago  at  the  Eighth  Cen- 
tennial of  the  University  of  Bologna, — the  oldest  in  Europe.  Your 
Board  of  Directors  is  presided  over  by  the  same  venerable  sage,  now 
past  ninety  years,  as  the  Theological  Institution  with  which  I  am  con- 
nected as  professor.  Your  University  and  the  Union  Theological 
Seminary  are  of  nearly  the  same  age,  were  founded  by  gentlemen  of 
the  same  liberal  and  catholic  Christian  spirit,  and  have  recently  entered 
into  a  friendly  alliance,  which  is  helpful  to  both  without  being  embar- 
rassing to  either. 

You  recognize  in  your  charter  and  course  of  instruction  the  inesti- 
mable value  of  unscctarian  Christianity  in  the  training  of  character, 
which  is  the  true  end  of  education.  Your  University  has  already 
impressed  its  name  on  the  progress  of  science  and  civilization  by  the 
discoveries  of  its  professors,  Morse  and  Draper.  It  has  made  valu- 
able contributions  to  philosophical  and  historical  literature.  It  has 
added  pedagogy  to  its  branches  of  stud}'.  It  has  held  up  from 
the  beginning  the  high  standard  of  a  real  University  in  the  widest 
sense  of  the  term.  It  has  just  entered  upon  a  new  epoch  by  the  pur- 
chase  of   a   magnificent    site    and    corresponding    enlargement   of    its 


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operations  in  a  city  whose  growth  and  future  prosperity  defy  human 
calcuhitions. 

In  justice  to  the  occasion,  you  expect  me  to  say  something  of  my- 
self also.  If  three  Universities  of  such  celebrity  as  those  of  Berlin,  St. 
Andrew's,  and  New  York,  unite  in  conferring  the  same  degree  upon 
one  person,  it  indicates  that,  in  their  estimation,  he  must  be  a  sort  of 
pontifex,  that  is,  a  bridge-builder  or  international  interpreter  of  thought. 
When  on  the  3d  of  December,  1842,  I  delivered  my  first  public  lecture 
in  the  University  of  Berlin,  1  was  ignorant  of  the  English  language 
and  had  no  prospect  or  desire  of  ever  seeing  America.     But, 

**  There's  a  divinity  that  shapes  our  ends, 
Roughhew  them  how  we  will." 

Man  proposes,  God  disposes.  He  prepares  and  equips  His  servants 
for  work,  and  assigns  to  them  fields  of  labor  which  they  would  not 
choose  for  themselves.  If  I  now  look  back  upon  my  early  training,  it 
seems  to  me  that  I  was  foreordained  for  America.  That  I  was  not 
born  here  is  no  fault  of  mine,  for  I  didn't  know  enough  at  that  time 
to  make  a  selection.  INIy  birth  and  education  in  republican  Switzer- 
land at  once  made  me  feel  at  home  in  the  political  institutions  of  the 
United  States.  My  German  theology  and  my  theory  of  historical 
development  did  not  fit  so  well  into  the  notions  which  prevailed  here 
fifty  years  ago,  and  my  Inaugural  Address  on  the  Principle  of  Protest- 
antism unexpectedly  involved  me  in  a  heresy  trial,  which  might  have 
resulted  in  my  return  to  Europe  one  year  after  xny  arrival.  But,  fortu- 
nately, I  have  outlived  the  attack,  and  was  permitted  to  labor  in  this 
land  of  freedom  and  of  the  future,  as  a  public  teacher  in  the  service 
of  the  Christian  Church,  beyond  the  Psalmist's  limit  of  threescore 
years  and  ten.  Of  the  value  of  my  services  it  is  not  for  me  to  judge; 
it  is  enough  to  say  that  they  are  far  below  my  own  ideal,  and  arc  only 
preparatory  to  far  more  important  work  which  will  be  done  by  the 
theologians  of  the  next  generation.  We  must  decrease  that  our  chil- 
dren and  children's  children  may  increase. 

Thanking  you  again  for  your  kindness,  I  invoke  ujion  the  Univer- 
sity of  New  York  the  richest  blessing  of  God  in  fulfilling  more  and 
more  its  great  educational  mission  for  the  city  and  the  country. 


ACTION  OF  THE  AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF 
CHURCH  HISTORY 

[The  following  Miiuite  was  adopted,  in  Dr.  Schaff's  absence,  by  the 
American  Society  of  Church  History,  at  its  fifth  annual  meeting  held 
in  the  City  of  Washington,  D.  C,  December  28,  1892,  unanimously, 
and  by  a  rising  vote  :] 

In  view  of  the  fact  that  the  Rev.  Dr.  Schaff,  our 
honored  President,  celebrates  this  month  the  fiftieth 
anniversary  of  his  career  as  a  Teacher  of  Thcoloi^w  it  is 
fitting'  that  we  as  a  Society  should  take  notice  of  so 
interesting  an  event.  In  thus  doing  we  shall  not  be  by 
any  means  the  first  to  pay  him  honor  on  this  occasion. 
Already  has  he  received  congratulator)-  addresses  from 
the  Eastern  Synod  of  the  German  Reformed  Church, 
assembled  in  Lancaster,  Pa. ;  from  the  Union  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  in  New  York  City,  in  which  he  has 
labored  for  twenty-three  years;  from  \'ale  I'niversity, 
and  from  the  University  of  Berlin.  Hie  last  is  particu- 
larly noteworthy  inasmuch  as  he  began  his  career  as  a 
teacher  in  that  University,  and  so  the  address  reviews 
his  professorial  and  literary  life.  The  University  of  tlu- 
City  of  New  York  bestowed  upon  him,  in  the  current 
month,  the  honorary  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinit}-. 


56 

Wc  cannot  add  to  his  honors  nor  extend  his  useful- 
ness. But  we  can,  as  his  friends,  and  as  interested  in 
those  historical  studies  by  which  he  has  won  such  fame, 
testify  our  appreciation  of  his  services.  We  have  each 
of  us  felt  his  influence  upon  our  intellectual  life.  We 
are  indebted  to  him  for  much  that  we  know  of  Church 
History.  As  a  Society  we  owe  him  our  very  existence, 
and  the  programme  of  each  meeting  has  been  largely 
of  his  suggestion.  We  thank  him  for  his  indefatigable 
efforts  on  our  behalf.  We  regret  that  he  is  not  with  us 
to  receive  in  person  our  congratulations  upon  the  com- 
pletion of  half  a  century  as  a  Teacher  of  Theology,  and 
pray  God  to  restore  him  to  health,  so  that  he  may  con- 
tinue those  labors  w^hich  have  made  his  name  a  house- 
hold word  in  more  Christian  homes  than  that  of  any 
other  living  divine. 

A  true  copy,  from  the  official  minutes. 

Samuel  Macauley  Jackson, 

Secretary. 
New  York,  December  31,  1892. 


APPENDIX 

CHRONOLOGICAL    LIST   OF   DR.    SCIIAFF'S   WRITINGS 

[Tlie  more  important  works  are  stereotyped  and  marked  by  a  *.     The  others  are  out  of  print. 
Contributions  to  American  and  foreign  periodicals  and  encyclopoedias  are  omitted.] 

L     GERM.\N    WORKS. 

Die  SiJNDE  wider  den  Heiligen  Geist,  und  die  daraus  gezogenen  dogma- 
tischcn  und  cthischen  Folgerungen.  Eine  excgetisch-dogniatibche  Abhand- 
lung,  nebst  einem  historischen  Anhang  iiber  das  Lcbenscndc  dcs  Francesco 
Spiera.     Halle  (Lippcrt).     8°,  210  pp.     1841. 

Das  Verhaltnisz  des  Jakobus,  Bruders  des  Herrn,  zu  Jakobus  Ai.phai, 
auf's  neue  exegctisch  und  historiscli  untersucht.  Berlin  (Wohlgenuuh). 
8°,  pp.  99.  1842.  An  essay  on  the  Brethren  of  Christ,  pro  Vc-fiia  Icgcndi 
in  the  University  of  Berlin  [Habilitationsschrijt). 

Das  Princip  des  Protestantismus  (Inaugural  Address  as  Professor  of  Biblical 
Literature  and  Church  History  at  Mercersburg).  Chambersburg,  Pa.  8°, 
xiv.,  180  pp.     1845.     For  the  English  ed.  see  below,  p.  59. 

Der  Anglogermanismus.  Eine  Rede  gehalten  den  lOtcn  Marz,  1846,  vor  der 
Schillergesellshaft  dcs  Marshall  Collcgiunis.  Chambersburg.  1846. 
The  same  in  English  translated  by  J.  S.  Ermcntrout. 
In  this  address  the  author  first  publicly  expressed  his  hopeful  view  of  America  as  follows  : 
"  It  is  surely  no  empty  fancy,  when  we  hazard  the  assertion,  that  America  and,  first  of  all, 
its  heart,  the  United  States,  m  which  is  concentrated  at  the  iircsent  time  its  whole  spirit- 
ual force  and  meaning,  will  be  the  principal  arena  for  the  future  development  of  the  his- 
tory of  the  world  and  the  Church.  For  history  pursues  the  course  of  the  sun  from  cast  to 
west.  It  arose  in  the  Orient  ;  then  directed  its  march  over  to  (Jreece  and  Rome;  during 
the  Reformation  to  Germany  and  England  ;  and  from  thence  the  northern  portion  of  the 
New  World  was  principally  settled.  Ry  this,  however,  we  would  by  no  means  affirm  that 
Europe  has  already  run  out  the  course  of  its  lile.  Rather,  it  is  si  ill  the  proj-icr  centre  of 
history  in  all  its  rlepartments  ;  and  our  ,'\merican  life  is  still  substantially  European  in 
character,  or,  as  Hegel  says  (in  his  '  Philosophy  of  History '),  '  the  echo  of  the  Old  World 
and  the  expression  of  a  foreign  life."  As  we  derive  from  Europe  our  population,  so 
also  our  languages  and  civilization,  our  morals  and  customs,  our  science  and  art,  our 
religion,  and  even  our  fashions.  But  this  does  not  overthrow  our  jirevious  assertion. 
History  proceeds  with  wonderful  foresight.  It  prepares  the  soil  for  its  future  develop- 
ments long  before  it  abandons  its  earlier  field  of  action.  Such  a  preparation  is  here 
going  forward  before  our  eyes  daily,  and  that,  too,  on  a  most  magnificent  scale.  On  the 
other  hand,  there  is  no  want  of  convincing  signs,  that  tlie  stream  of  history  is  in  reality 
directing  its  course,  more  clearly  every  day,  from  the  old  to  the  new  world." 

Geschichte  der  Apostomschen  Kirche,  nebst  ciner  allgcmeinen  Einlcitung 
in  die  Kirchengeschichte.  (Dedicated  to  the  memory  of  Ncandcr.)  Mer- 
cersburg and  Philadelphia.     1851.     (xvi.,  576  pp.  8°.) 

,  second  ed.,  revised  and  enlarged.     Leipzig  (Holtze).     1854.    (xvi.,  6S0  pp.) 


58 


Geschiedenis  der  Apcstoi.ische  Kerk.  Door  J.  W.  Lublink  Weddik.  Tiel 
(H.  C.  A.  Campaync).  718  pp.  1857.  This  Dutch  translation  was  made 
from  the  second  German  edition. 

Systematische  Wohlthatigkeit.  Also  in  English:  Systematic  Benevo- 
lence.    Mercersbiirg,  Pa.,  1852.     (32  pp.) 

Amekika  :  Die  politischen,  socialen  und  kirchlich-rcligiosen  Zustandc  der  Verein- 
igten  Staaten  von  Nord-Amerika  mit  bcsonderer  Riicksicht  auf  die 
Dcutschcn,  aus  eigener  Anschauung  dargestellt.  Berlin  (Wicgandt  &  Grie- 
bcn),  (xxiv.,  366  pp.)     1854.     Second  cd.  enlarged,  1858. 

in    English,  by    Edward    D.    Yeomans.     New  York  (Ch.  Scribner).     1855. 

(291  pp.) 

in  Dutch,  by  De  Schryver.    Rotterdam  ;Van  der  Meer  &  Verbruggen).    1855. 

Deutschi.and  und  Amerika.  An  address  delivered  before  the  German  Evan- 
gelical Church  Diet  at  Frankfurt  a.M.     1854. 

Der  heilu;e  Augustinus.  Sein  Lebcn  und  Wirkcn.  Berlin  (Hertz).  1854. 
(vi.,  129  pp.) 

in  English,  by  Prof.  Thomas  C.  Porter.   London  (Bagster)  "k  New  York.   1854. 

*CHRlsri,iCHER  Katechismus  mit  Bibelspriichen  fiir  Schule  und  Haus.     Cham- 

bersburg,  1861  ;  revised  and  enlarged,  Philadelphia  (J.  Kohler).  192  pp. 
1863. 

Small  ed.  without  Scripture  proofs  and  notes.  Both  editions  were  fre- 
quently republished,  and  since  1892  are  issued  by  the  Presbyt.  Board  of 
Publication,  Philadelphia.      For  the  English  ed.  see  below,  p.  59. 

An  enlarged  German  ed.  by  Prof.  Dr.  Georg  Pfleiderer  :  Philip 
SchafPs  Christliche  Glaubens-  und  Sittenlehre.     Stuttgart,  1874.     (-79  PP-) 

Der  Anglo-Amerikanische  Sonntag.  Eine  Abhandlung,  vorgetragen  vor  der 
Nationalcn  Sonntags-Convention  zu  Saratoga,  am  11  August,  1863.  Sab- 
bath Com""  Doc,  No.  XVII.     New  York,  1863.     German  and  English. 

*Der  Heidelberger  Katechismus.  Nach  der  ersten  Ausgabe  von  1563  revidirt, 
und  mit  kritischen  Anmerkungen,  sowie  einer  Geschichte  und  Charateristik 
des  Katechismus  vcrsehen.  168  pp.  Philadelphia  (J.  Kohler)  and  Bremen 
(C.  Ed.  Miiller).      1863.     Second  ed.  revised,  1866. 

Der  Burgerkrieg  und  das  christliche  Leben  in  Nord  Amerika.  Vor- 
trage  gehalten  in  Berlin  und  mehreren  Stadten  Deutschlands  und  der 
Schweiz.      Berlin  (Wiegandt  &  Grieben).      1865.     Third  ed.      1866.     (72  pp.) 

Transl.  into  English  by  Rev.  C.  C.  Starbuck,  in  the  Christian  IntcUii:^ciiccr. 

New  York,  1866. 

Geschichte  der  alten  Kirche  von  der  Geburt  Chrisli  bis  zum  Ende  des  6ten 
Jahrh.,  1867  ;   2d  ed.  in  3  vols.,  1869.      (.xvi.,  1250  pp.)     Leipzig  (Hinrichs). 

Die  Person  Jesu  Christi  :  das  Wunder  der  Geschichte.  Sammt  einer  Widerle- 
gung  der  falschen  Thcorien,  und  einer  Sammlung  von  Zeugnisscn  der  Un- 
gliiubigen.     234  pp.     Gotha  (Rud.  Bcsscr).      1865. 

* Republished  in  (ierman  by  the  American  Tract  Societv.     Pp.  336.     New 

York.     1865. 

In  English  (see  below,  p.  60). 

Transl.  into  Dutch  by  J.   H.  Cordes,  with  an  Introduction  by  Dr.  J.  J.  van 

Oosterzee.     Groningen  (Noordhoff).     1866. 

Transl.  into   French  by  M.  Sardinoux.     Toulouse  (Societe  des  livres  relig- 

ieux).      1866. 
Also  translations  into  Greek,  Russian,  Bulgarian,  Japanese,  etc. 


59 

DTK  Christusfrage.     Berlin  (Wicgandt  &  GriebenJ.     187 1. 
Republished  by  the  Amer.  Tract  Society.     1872. 

August    Neander.     Erinnerungen.      Mit   cincm    liildniss.     viii.,   76    pp.      Coiha 
(Fr.  Andr.  Perthes).     1886. 


II.    ENGLISH    WORKS. 

The  Principle  of  Protestantism,  as  related  to  the  present  state  of  the  Church. 
Inaugural  Address,  transl.,  with  an  Introduction,  by  Dr.  John  W.  Ncvin. 
215  pp.  Chambcrsburg,  Penn.  (Publ.  Office  of  the  German  Ref.  Church, 
now  in  Philadelphia).     1845. 

What  is  Church  History  ?  A  Vindication  of  the  Idea  of  Historical  Develop- 
ment. Transl.  from  the  German  by  Dr.  Nevin.  (In  defence  of  "The  Princ. 
of  Protest. "j      128  pp.     Philadelphia  (J.  B.  Lippincott  &  Co.).      1846. 

Dante's  Divina  Com.media.  An  Address  delivered  before  the  Goethean  Literary 
Society  of  Marshall  College,  August  28,  1846.  Transl.  by  Jerem.  H.  Good. 
Chambersburg,  Pa.     1846.     (47  pp.) 

*History  of  the  Apostolic  Church,  with  a  General  Introduction  to  Church 
History.  Transl.  by  Edward  D.  Yeomans.  684  pp.  New  York  (Charles 
Scribner).  1853.  Several  editions  unchanged.  An  ed.  was  also  published 
by  T.  &  T.  Clark,  Edinljurgh,  1854,  in  2  vols.  Superseded  in  part  by  the 
first  vol.  of  the  author's  General  Church  History. 

American  Nationality.  An  Address  before  the  Irving  Society  of  the  College 
of  St.  James,  Md.     24  pp.      1856. 

Germany  :  Its  Universities,  Theology,  and  Religion.  With  sketches  of 
Neander,  Tholuck,  Olshausen,  Hengstcnbcrg,  Twestcn,  Nitzsch,  .Muller, 
Ullmann,  Rothc,  Dorner,  Lange,  Ebrard,  Wichern,  and  other  distinguished 
German  divines  of  the  age.  418  pp.  Philadelphia  (Lindsay  &  Blakiston). 
1857. 

Transl.  into  Dutch  by  Dr.  D.  Harting.     Utrecht.      1858. 

Later  sketches  of  the  German  Universities  and  Theological  Faculties  were 
published  in  the  New  York  Indcpi'iidcnt  for  1885  and  1886. 

Thi.  Moral  Character  of  Christ.  An  Address  delivered  before  the  Porter 
Rhetorical  Society  of  the  Theological  Seminary  at  Andover,  August  i,  i860. 
53  ])p.     Chambersburg,  Pa.      1S61. 

*A  Christian  Catechism  for  Sunday-schools  and  Families.     Philadelphia 
(American   Sunday-School   Union).      1880,  etc.     Large  ed.   with    Proof-tests 
and  Notes,  167  pp.  ;  small  ed.,  74  pp. 
This  catechism  was  originally  prepared  for  family  use  at  Mcrcersburjj,  1S61,  anH  published 
in  various   editions,  authorized  and  unauthorized,  at  ChnmbcrsburR,  Hosion,  New  York, 
Philadelphia,  and  Toronto.     Transl.ited  by  American  missionaries  into  the  Neslorian.  Ara- 
bic, Chinese,  Bulgarian,  and  other  languages.     The  plates  of  the  large  and  small  KngMsh 
editions  were  presented  bv  the  author  to  the  American  Sunday-School  Union  m  18S0,  the 
plates  of  the  German  editions  were  presented  by  him  to  the  I'rcsbyterian  Board  of  Publi- 
cation, Philadelphia,  in  1891.     See  p.  58. 


6o 


•History  of  the  Christian  Church,  begun  1859;  5th  edition,  thoroughly  re- 
vised and  cnlargetl.     New  York  (Ch.  Scribner's  Sons)  and  Edinburgh  (T.  & 
T.  Chirk).      1889-92. 
Voh  I.  Apostohc  Christianity,  A.D.  l-ioo.     871  pp. 
Vol.  II.  Ante-Nicenc  Christianity,  A.D.  100-335.     ^77  PP- 
Vol.  HI.   Nicene  and  Post-Nicene  Christianity,  A.D.  325-600.     1049  pages. 
Vol.  IV'.    Mediasval  Christianity,  A.D.  590-1073.     799  pages. 
Vol.  V.   MediiEval  Christianity,  A.D.  1073-15 17.      In  course  of  preparation. 
Vol.  VI.  Modern  Christianity — The  German  Reformation.     755  pp. 
Vol.  VII.   Modern  Christianity — The  Swiss  Reformation  (1892).     890  pp. 
The  first  three  volumes  have  been  freely  translated  into  Chinese  by  Rev.   D.  Z    Sheffield  (a 
missionary  of  the  American  Board),  and  into  Hindostani  bv  Rev'  Robert    Stewart  (of  the 
Presbyterian  Mission  of  Sialkot).     An  abridged  Italian  tr.inslation  by  I'rof.  Em.  Comba, 
of  ihe  VValdensian  College  at  Florence,  1892.     On  the  German  ed.  see  p.  58. 

*The  Person  of  Christ  ;  The  Perfection  of  His  Humanity  viewed  as  a  Proof 

of  His  Divinity.      With  a  collection  of  impartial  testimonies.     Published  first 

at  Boston,  1865,  then  in  revised  ed.  in  New  York  (American  Tract  Society) 

and  London  (James  Nisbct  &  Co.),  12th  ed.,  1882.     285  pp. 

This  work  has  been  translated  into  several  languages,  partly  from  the  German,  partly  from 

the  ICnglish  ed.     An  abridgment  has  been  published  as  a  tract  by  the  Religious  Tract 

Society  in  London. 

The  Anglo-American  Sabbath.     New  York  (American  Tract  Society).     1863. 

The  Report  of  Dr.  Schaff's  ^Mission  to  Europe  in  Behalf  of  the  Evan- 
gelical Alliance  for  the  Sixth  General  Conference.  39  pp.  New 
York.      1870. 

Report  of  the  Deputation  of  the  American  Branch  of  the  Evangel- 
ical Alliance,  Appointed  to  Memorialize  the  Emperor  of  Russia 
IN  Behalf  of  Religious  Liberty.     32  pp.     New  York.     1871. 

The  Theology  for  Our  Age  and  Country.  (Inaugural  Address  as  Professor 
of  Union  Theological  Seminary.)     18  pp      New  York.     1872. 

The  Revision  of  the  English  Version  of  the  Holy  Scripture.  First  pub- 
lished as  an  Introduction  to  a  vol.  on  Revision  of  the  English  \'ers.,  1873, 
then  scpa*-ately,  with  sundry  additions,  by  order  of  the  Amer.  Committee  on 
Revision.     New  York  (Harper  &.  Brothers).     3d  ed.  1877. 

*BlBLIOTHECA  SYMDOLICA  ECCLESI^  UNIVERSALIS.     THE  CREEDS  OF  CHRISTEN- 
DOM.    With  a  History  and  Critical  Notes.     New  York  (Harper  &.  Brothers). 
London  (Hoddcr  &  Stoughton),  1877,  6th  ed.,  1890,  3  vols. 
Vol.  I.  The  History  of  Creeds,     xvii.,  941  pp. 

Vol.  II.  The  Greek  and  Latin  Creeds.     With  Translations,     vii.,  607  pp. 
\'ol.  III.  The  Evangelical  Protestant  Creeds.     With  Translations,    vii.,  914  pp. 

The  Harmony  of  the  Reformed  Confessions,  as  related  to  the  Present  State 
of  Evangelical  Theology.  An  address  delivered  before  the  First  Council  of 
the  Pan-Presbyterian  Alliance  at  Edinburgh,  1877,  and  publ.  there  and  also 
at  New  York  (Dodd,  Mead  &  Co.),  70  pp. 

*Through  Biiu.e  Lands.  Notes  of  Travel  in  Egypt,  the  Desert,  and  Palestine. 
4-^4  pp.  New  York  (Amer.  Tract  Soc.)  and  London  (James  Nisbet  &:  Co.), 
187S  ;  2d  ed.,  with  an  additional  chapter  by  Edouard  Naville,  on  the  Bible 
and  Egyptology.     460  pp.      1889.     With  illustrations. 


6i 

Christianity  in  the  Unitkd  States.  Address  before  the  Seventh  General 
Conference  of  the  Evangelical  Alliance,  held  in  Basel,  Switzerland.  69  pp. 
New  York.     1879. 

*A  Dictionary  of  the  Bible.  Including  IMography,  Natural  History,  Geog- 
raphy, Topography,  Archasology,  and  Litcratule.  With  twelve  colored 
maps  and  over  four  hundred  illustrations.  960  pp.  Philadelphia  (American 
Sunday  School  Union).     960  pp.     1880.     5th  ed.  revised,  1890. 

Transl.  into  Italian  by  Enrico  Meille,  with  Illustrations,  Dizionario  Biblico, 

Firenze  (Libreria  Claudiana,  Via  de'  Serragli,  51),  1891,  471  pp.,  4"  ;  into 
Arabic  by  Dr.  Post,  of  Beirut  ;  into  Marathi  by  Kassim  Mohamed  Dhal- 
\vauee  and  Henry  J.  Bruce  (Satara,  India),  and  other  languages. 

*A  Commentary  ON  the  Gospel  accoroing  to  Matthew.  This  is  the  first 
volume  of  "  The  International  Revision  Commentary  on  the  New  Testa- 
ment, Based  on  the  Revised  Version  of  i88f,  by  English  and  American 
Scholars  and  Members  of  the  Revision  Committee."  416  pp.  New  York 
(Ch.  Scribner's  Sons).  1S82. 
Of  this  International  Commentary,  only  tlie  four  Gospels,  the  Acts,  and  Romans  were  puljlished. 

*A  Commentary  on  the  PIpistle  to  the  Galai  ians.  Published  in  the  Inter- 
iiational  Commentary  on  the  Ae7u  Testament.  Idustraled.  \'()1.  III.,  pj). 
285-350.     66  pp.     New  York.     1882. 

*A  Companion  to  the  Greek  Testament  and  the  English  Version. 
With  facsimile  illustrations  of  MSS.  and  of  standard  editions  of  the  New 
Testament,  xvii.,  616  pp.  New  York  (Harper  &  Brothers),  and  London 
(Macmillan  &  Co.).      1883.     4th  ed.  revised,  1892. 

The  Concori:)  and  Discord  of  Christendo.m.  An  Address  delivered  before 
the  Eighth  General  Conference  of  the  Evangelical  Alliance  at  Copenhagen. 
English,  Danish,  and  German.     39  pp.      1884. 

*The  Teaching  of  the  Twelve  Apostles;  or  The  Oldest  Church  Man- 
ual. The  Didache  and  kindred  Documents  in  the  Original,  with  transla- 
tions and  discussions  of  post-apostolic  teaching,  baptism,  worship,  and  dis- 
cipline, and  illustrations  and  facsimiles  of  the  Jerusalem  MS.  301  pp.  New 
York  (Funk  &  Wagnalls)  and  Edinburgh  (T.  &  T.  Clark).  18S5.  3d  cd., 
revised,  1889. 

This  book  is  an  Appendix  to  the  second  vol.  of  the  "  Church  History." 

•Christ  and  Christianity.  Studies  in  Christology,  Creeds,  and  Confessions, 
Protestantism  and  Romanism,  Reformation  Principles,  Slavery  and  the 
Bible,  Sunday  Observance,  Religious  Freedom,  and  Christian  I'nion.  310 
pp.  New  York  (Ch.  Scribner's  Sons),  and  republished  in  London  (James 
Nisbct  &  Co.).     1885.     (An  enlarged  edition,  1893.) 

The  English  Language.  Heterogeneous  in  Formation,  Homogeneous  in  Char- 
acter, Universal  in  Destination  for  the  Spread  of  Christian  Civilization.  ^  A 
Lecture  delivered  before  the  \'anderbilt  L'niversity,  January  3,  1887.  En- 
larged and  published  by  request  of  the  Faculty.  61  pp.  Nashville,  Tenn. 
(Cumberland  Presbyterian  Publishing  House).      1887. 

*Church  and  State  in  the  United  States,  or  the  American  Idea  of  Re- 
ligious Liberty  and  its  Practical  Effects,  with  Official  Documents.  8",  170 
pp.     New  York  (Ch.  Scribner's  Sons).     1888. 

Transl.  into  Italian  by  P.  Fea,  and  published  in   Brunialti's  "  Biblioteca  di 

Scienze  Politiche,"  Vol.  VIII.,  pp.  385-516.     Torino,  1892. 

The  Toleration  Act  of  16S9.  A  Contribution  to  the  History  of  Religious 
Liberty.      59  pp.      London  (James  Nisbct  (i  Co.).      iSSS. 


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*The  Progress  of  Religious  Freedom  as  Shown  in  the  History  of  Tol- 
eration Acts.     8",  126  pp.     New  York.     1889. 

History  of  the  Edict  of  Nantes.  An  Address  delivered  before  the  Hugue- 
not Society  of  America,  March  21,  1889.     29  pp.     New  York.     1890. 

The  Eighth  Centenary  of  the  University  of  Bologna.  Report  dcHvcrcd 
before  the  University  of  the  City  of  New  York  at  the  celebration  of  Found- 
ers' Day,  April  18,  1889.     29  pp.     New  York.     1889. 

♦Literature  and  Poetry.  Studies  in  the  English  Language,  the  Poetry  of  the 
liible,  Dies  Irae,  Stabat  Mater,  Hymns  of  St.  Bernard,  the  University — 
ancient  and  modern,  Dante  Alighieri  and  the  Divina  Commedia.  8",  xi., 
436  pp.     New  York  (Ch.  Scribner's  Sons).      1890. 

The  essay  on   Dante  was  translated  into  Italian  by  Marco  Lessona,  Dante  Alighieri  e  la 
Divina  Commedia,  Torino,  1892. 

♦Creed  Revision  in  the  Presbyterian  Churches.  8%  75  pp.  New  York 
(Ch.  Scribner's  Sons).     1889.     2d  ed.  revised.      1S90. 

The  Myth  of  Luther's  Suicide.  A  refutation  of  Paul  Majunke's  Ltithcr's 
Lebcnsende.     New  York.      1890. 

Dante's  Theology.    21pp.     New  York.     1890. 

The  Renaissance.  The  Revival  of  Learning  and  Art  in  the  14th  and  15th  Cen- 
turies.    132  pp.     New  York  (G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons).      1891. 

The  Renaissance  and  the  Reformation.  A  paper  prepared  for  the  Ninth 
General  Conference  of  the  Evangelical  Alliance,  held  in  Florence,  Italy.  17 
pp.     New  York.     1891. 

Italian  Transl.  by    Rev.  Giov.    Luzzi  ("II    Rinascimcnto  e  la    Riforma"). 

Firenze.     1891.     29  pp. 

*St.  Chrysostom  and  St.  Augustin.  Studies  in  Christian  Biography.  158  pp. 
New  York  (Thomas  Whittaker).     1891. 

The  Friendship  of  Calvin  and  Melanchthon.     21  pp.     New  York.     1892. 

♦Theological  Propedeutic.  A  general  Introduction  to  the  study  of  Theology, 
Exegetical,  Historical,  Systematic,  and  Practical  ;  including  Encyclopiedia, 
IMethodology,  and  Biblingtnphy.  Part  I.,  pp.  233.  New  York  (Ch.  Scrib- 
ner's Sons).     1892.     (Part  11.  will  appear  in  1893  and  complete  the  work.) 


in.    EDITED   WORKS. 

(i)   CcrDian. 

Der  Deutsche  Kirchenfreund,  Organ  fur  die  Gemeinsamen  Interes- 
SEN  DER  Amerikanisch-deutschen  Kirchen.  Mercersburg,  Penns.,  6 
vols.,  1848-54. 

A  monthly  periodical,  the  first  American  theological  journal  in  the  Ger- 
man language.  The  editor  imported  printer  and  types  from  Philadelphia, 
and  began  with  half  a  dozen  subscribers  (students).  He  continued  it  for 
six  years,  after  which  his  friend,  the  Rev.  Dr.  William  Julius  Mann,  Pro- 
fessor in  the  Lutheran  Theological  Seminary  in  Philadelphia,  continued  it 
for  six  years  longer.     Philadelphia  (Schafer  &  Koradi).     1854-60. 


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♦Deutsches  Gesangbuch.  Einc  Auswahl  gcistlichcr  Lieder  aus  alien  Zeiten  der 
Chiistlichen  Kirche.  Nach  den  bcstcn  hymnolo^ischcn  Oucilcn  bcarbeitet 
und  niit  crlautcrnden  Bcmerkungcn  liber  V'crfasscr,  Inhalt  und  Geschichte 
der  Lieder  vcrschen.  xiv.,  663  pp.  1S59.  Enlarged  ed.,  1874.  Philadelphia 
(J.  Kohlcr). 

This  hymn-book  was  made  for  and  adopted  by  the  German  Reformed 
Church  in  the  United  States,  and  published  in  many  editions,  large  and 
small,  with  and  without  tunes,  by  Kohler,  in  Philadelphia,  and  by  the  Re- 
formed Publication  Board,  Cleveland,  O. 

Gesangbuch  FiJR  Deutsche  Sonntagsschulex.  Sammt  einem  Anhang  aus- 
gcwiihlter  Englischer  Lieder.  Philadelphia  (Kohler]  and  New  York  (Radde). 
272  pp.      1864. 

EVANGELISCHE  ZEUGNISSE  AUS  DEN  DeUTSCHEN  KIRCHEN  IN  AMERIKA.  Eine 
homiletische  Monatschrift.  3  Jahrgange.  Philadelphia  (J.  Kohlerj.  1863- 
66. 

Gedenkhuch  der  Dreihundertjahrigen  Jubei.feier  des  Heidei.rerger 
Katechismus  in  der  Deutsch-Reformirten  Kirche  der  X'erein- 
IGTEN  Staaten.  Under  the  direction  of  the  General  Convention  of  the 
Tercentenary  Jubilee.     449  pp.     Charnbersburg  and  Philadelphia.      1S63. 

This  work  contains  contributions  from  Drs.  Herzog,  Ebrard,  Ullmann, 
Schotel,  Nevin,  Fisher,  Schneck,  Porter,  Harbaugh,  and  others.  Publ.  also 
in  English  :  "The  Tercentenary  Monument  in  Commemoration  of  the  Three 
Hundredth  Anniversary  of  the  Heidelberg  Catechism."  Charnbersburg  and 
Philadelphia.     1863. 

(2)  English   Works. 

A  Liturgy  :  or.  Order  of  Christian  Worship.  Prepared  and  published  by 
the  direction  and  for  the  use  of  The  German  Reformed  Church  in  the  United 
States  of  America.  (Called  the  "Provisional  Liturgy'.)  Philadelphia 
(Lindsay  &  Blakiston).     1857.     408  pp. 

The  basis  of  the  "  Order  of  Worship  of  the  Reformed  Church,"  Phila- 
delphia, 1867. 

*A  Commentary  on  the  Holy  Scriptures.  Critical,  Doctrinal,  and  Homileti- 
cal.  By  John  P.  Lange  and  other  European  divines.  New  York  (Charles 
Scribner)  and  Edinburgh  (T.  &  T.  Clark).  1864- 1880.  25  vols.  Cheap  ed. 
($3  per  vol.)  1884-86. 

This  Commentary  is  the  work  of  twenty  German  and  forty  American  di- 
vines. See  a  full  list  in  an  Appendix,  publisheil  18S2.  The  general  editor 
translated,  with  additions,  the  Commentary  on  Matthew,  the  first  three  chap- 
ters of  Luke,  wrote  the  annotations  on  St.  John,  and  on  Romans,  ch.  1-9,  and 
an  essay  on  Hebrew  poetry  in  the  volume  on  Job. 

•Christ  in  Song.  Hymns  of  Immanuel.  xx.,  701  pp.  New  York  CAnson  D.  F. 
Randolph  &  Co.).  1868.  Republished  in  London,  577  pp.  (Sampson  Low, 
Marston,  etc).     1869.     Several  editions. 

Ev.\NGELICAL  ALLIANCE  CONFERENCE,  1 873.  History,  Essays,  Orations,  and 
other  Documents  of  the  Sixth  General  Conference  of  the  Evangelical  Alli- 
ance, held  in  New  York,  October  2-12,  1873.  Ed.  in  connection  with  Rev. 
Dr.  S.  Irenxus  Prime.     773  pp.     New  York  (Harper  &  Brothers).     1874. 


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Theological  and  Philosophical  Library:  A  Series  of  Text-Books,  Original 
and  Translated,  for  Colleges  and  Tiieological  Seminaries.  Edited  by  Henry 
B.  Smith,  D.D.,  and  Philip  Schaff,  D.D.,  Professors  in  the  Union  Theologi- 
cal Seminary,  New  York.     1876. 

This  Library  was  projected  by  the  late  Charles  Scribner,  founder  of  the 
house  of  Charles  Scribner's  Sons,  and  was  to  contain  text-books  on  the  chief 
branches  of  philosophy  and  theology.  There  were  published  Ueberweg's 
"History  of  Philosophy,"  New  York  and  London,  1871,  2  vols.  ;  Van 
Oosterzee's  "Christian  Dogmatics,"  1874,  2  vols.,  and  his  "Practical  The- 
ology," 1874.  Ueberweg  is  used  as  a  text-book  in  several  American  colleges 
and  in  the  University  of  Oxford. 

Owing  to  the  sickness  and  death  of  Dr.  Henry  B.  Smith  (1877),  and  the 
want  of  encouragement,  the  Library  was  suspended. 

A  new  "  International  Theological  Library,"  edited  by  Drs.  Charles  A. 
Briggs  and  Stewart  D.  F.  Salmond,  is  now  in  course  of  publication  by 
Charles  Scribner's  Sons,  New  York,  and  T.  &  T.  Clark,  Edinburgh,  1891 
sqq.,  for  which  Dr.  Schaff  is  to  furnish  the  volume  on  *'  Symbolic." 

*Library  of  Religious  Poetry  (with  Portraits).  In  connection  with  Arthur 
Oilman  (the  chief  editor),  xxxi.,  1004  pp.  New  York  (Dodd,  Mead  & 
Co.).     1880. 

*International  Illustrated  Commentary  on  the  New  Testament.  4 
vols.  New  York  (Ch.  Scribner's  Sons)  and  Edinburgh  (T.  &  T.  Clark). 
1S79-I082.  The  maps  by  Arnold  Guyot  ;  the  illustrations  by  William  M. 
&  William  H.  Thomson. 

Dr.  Schaff  prepared  the  introduction,  the  commentary  on  the  Ep.  to  the 
Galatians,  and,  in  connection  with  Dr  Riddle,  the  commentary  on  the  Sy- 
noptical Gospels.     New  ed. ,  1888. 

A  small  ed.,  revised  on  the  basis  of  the  Revised  Version,  was  begun  in 
1882,  but  only  carried  as  far  as  the  Epistle  to  the  Romans.     See  p.  61. 

The  Revision  of  the  English  Version  of  the  New  Testament.  By  Drs. 
Lightfoot,  Trench,  and  Ellicott,  republ.  by  arrangement,  with  an  In- 
troduction by  Philip  Schaff.  New  York  (Harper  &.  Brothers).  1873. 
The  Introduction  was  also  separately  publ.  by  the  Amcr.  Bible  Revision 
Committee. 

*HvMNS  AND  Songs  of  Praise  for  Public  and  Social  Worship.  In  con- 
nection with  RoswcU  D.  Hitchcock  and  Zachary  Eddy.  597  pp.  New  York 
(Anson  D.  F.  Randolph  &  Co.).  1874.  Also  a  small  ed.  for  Social  Wor- 
ship. 

The  Vatican  Decrees  in  their  bearing  on  Civil  Allegiance;  a  Politi- 
cal Expostulation.  By  the  Right  Hgn.  W.  E.  Gladstone,  M.P.  7o 
which  arc  added :  yl  History  of  the  Vatican  Council ;  togctlicr  with  the 
Latin  and  E)iglish  text  of  The  J'apal  Syllal'us  and  the  Vatican  Decrees.  By 
Philip  Schaff",  D.D.  Republished  by  permission.  New  York  (Harper  & 
Brothers).  1875.  (Pp.  168.)  Gladstone's  Vaticanism:  An  Anstucr  to 
Reproofs  and  Replies,  was  republished  by  the  same  firm  and  added  to  the 
preceding  pamphlet,  1875. 

In  Memoria>L  Our  Children  tn  Heaven.  Printed  only  for  Private  Circulation. 
76  pp.     New  York.     1876. 


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Documents  of  thk  Nkvv  York  Sabbath  Committee,  from  1863-67.  (Doc. 
AAVl-XXXIV.)  Amony  this  is  the  essay  on  the  Am^rio-Annrican  Sab- 
j^a///  read  before  the  National  Sabbath  Convention  at  Saratoga,  and  repub- 
hshed  by  the  Am.  Tract  Society.     New  York  (Bible  House). 

Documents  of  the  Evangelical  Alliance.     Nos.  III.-XV.  from  1869-84, 

?,"'"'"^' ,)'.  \"-^H.    '■  ^"^^'^^^  '"'^^  corresponding  secretary  with  Dr.  Prime.     New 
York  (Bible  House). 

Anglo-American  Bible  Revision.  By  Members  of  the  American  Revision  Com- 
mittee.    IV.,  192  pp.     Philadelphia  and  London.     1879. 

Official  Letters  and  Documents  of  the  American  Bible  Revision  Com- 
mittee.    Private  and   Confidential.     186   pp.     New  York   (Bible    House). 

I003. 

An  abridgment  of  these  documents,  prepared  by  President  Dwit^ht  D.D  , 
was  sent  to  the  subscribers  together  with  the  memorial  edition  of  the  Revision. 

The  American  Bible  Revision  Library,  with  all  the  official  correspondence 
and  other  documents,  was  presented  to  the  American  Bible  Society,  who 
keep  It  in  a  special  case  at  the  Bible  House,  New  York. 

*The  New  Testament  in  the  Original  Greek.  By  Westcott  &  Hort. 
With  an  Introduction.  New  York  (Harper  &  Bros.),  1881.  5th  cd.  revised, 
1893.  The  Greek  te.xt  was  printed  from  a  duplicalc  of  tlie  London  plates  bv 
arrangement  with  the  editors  and  publishers,  and  corrected  bv  Dr.  Hort. 
The  introduction  of  eighty-nine  pages  was  prepared  by  Dr.  SchalT,  and  cor- 
rected for  each  new  edition. 

•Religious  EncycloP/EDIA  :  or,  Dictionary  of  Biblical,  Historical,  Doctrinal, 
and  Practical  Theology,  Based  on  the  Real-Encvklopadie  of  Herzog,  Plitt 
and  Hauck.  In  connection  with  Rev.  Samuel  M.  Jackson,  and  Rev.  D 
S.  Schaff,  D.D.  New  York  (Funk  &  Wagnalls),  18X4,  3  vols.  ;  revised,  1887  ; 
3d  ed.,  revised  and  enlarged,  in  4  vols,  (which  includes  the  Encvclop.'EDIA 
of  Living  Divines).    1891.     Usually  called  the  "  Schaff-Hcrzog  Enc." 

*Encvclopedia  of  Living  Divines  anp  Christian  Workers  of  all  De- 
nominations IN  Europe  and  America.  With  Rev.  Samuel  .M.  Jackson. 
New  York,  1887.     271  pages. 

This  is  now  included  in  the  third  revised  edition  of  the  Schaff-Herzog  Ency- 
clopaedia (at  the  end  of  the  4th  vol.),  with  an  Appendix  brought  down  to  the  close 
of  1890.     The  material  was  supplied  mostly  by  the  living  divines  themselves. 

*A  Select  Library  of  the  Nicene  and  Post-Nicene  Fathers  of  the 
Christian  Church. 

/7rj/  Series.  — J4  vols.  (St.  Augustin,  8  vols,  and  St.  Chrvsostom,  6  vols.). 
New  York  (The  Christian  Literature  Co.).     1886-90. 

Second  Series  (with  Henry  Wace,  D.D.,  Principal  of  King's  College,  as 
co-editor),  in  course  of  publication,  to  embrace,  in  13  or  14  vols.,  the  chief 
works  of  the  Fathers  from  Eusebius  and  Jerome  to  John  of  Damascus  and 
Gregory  the  Great.  Vol.  I.  Eusebius;  H.  Socrates  and  Sozomcnus  ;  III. 
Theodoret,  Jerome,  Gennadius.  Rufinus  ;  IV.  Athanasius.  New  York  (The 
Christian  Literature  Co.)  and  0.\ford  (Parker  &  Co.).      1S90-92. 


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•Wilmore's  New  Analytical  Reference  Bible.  2189  pp.  New  York  (J.  A. 
Wilmorc  &  Co.).     1891. 

It  contains:  The  Holy  Bible  (with  references  to  the  Analysis)  ;  Compre- 
hensive Bible  Helps  ;  Hitchcock's  Analysis  ;  and  Cruden's  Concordance.  Dr. 
Schaff  is  responsible  for  the  Preface  and  the  Comprehensive  Bible  Helps. 

American  Church  History  (in  course  of  preparation).  A  Scries  of  Denom- 
inational Histories  by  a  number  of  scholars,  to  be  published  under  the  aus- 
pices of  the  "American  Society  of  Church  History,"  by  an  Editorial  Com- 
mittee consisting  of  Rev.  Philip  Schaff,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Rt.  Rev.  H.  C.  Potter, 
D.D.,  LL.D.,  Rev.  Geo.  P.  Fisher,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Bishop  John  F.  Hurst, 
D.D.,  LL.D.,  Rev.  E.  J.  Wolf,  D.D.,  Henry  C.  Vcdder,  M.A.,  Rev.  Samuel 
M.  Jackson,  ^LA  ,  LL.D.  New  York  (The  Christian  Literature  Company). 
1893  sqq. 

Dr.  Schaff  is  one  of  the  Associate  Editors  of  Johnson's  Universal  Cyclo- 
pcedia  (New  York,  1886,  8  vols.),  which  is  now  undergoing  a  third  recon- 
struction under  the  chief  editorship  of  Charles  Kendall  Adams,  LL.D.,  Pres- 
ident of  Wisconsin  University. 

He  hopes  to  write  one  more  volume  of  his  Church  History^  and  to  pub- 
lish his  Lectures  on  Christian  Sytnbolic  and  Irenic. 


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